Placemaking 

Placemaking is a community-centered approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces. The CWNA Placemaking Committee works to increase and enhance our parks and public art and improve street safety.  A number of the CWNA's placemaking goals are in alliance with the  City's North Downtown Yonge Urban Design Guidelines  and  Downtown Parks and Public Realm Plan.   

One of our hands-on placemaking projects for 2020 is to refresh the Wellesley Street planters.  

The CWNA Placemaking Committee has three main priorities:
  • Green spaces: maintain current parks and extend where possible; maintain current tree canopy and extend where possible.
  • Streetscape: retain a mix of independent stores; create welcoming sidewalks; design public realms that are inviting to peaceful users and repellent to malicious users.
  • ​Partnerships: work with other groups, including the Village BIA, that can help us achieve our objectives.
The Lane Naming Project
One of the CWNA's placemaking projects is to identify and name previously nameless alleys in the neighourhood. So far eight lanes have been named.
Check out the Church Wellesley Interactive Map to learn about plans to improve  existing parks and add future parkland to our neighbourhood.