Editor's Note: This news release has been corrected to remove a reference to Severn Township, which is not affiliated or involved in these walks. We apologize for the error.
NEWS RELEASE
SUSTAINABLE ORILLIA
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Sustainable Orillia and Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) will present another engaging walk-and-learn opportunity in Orillia on Saturday, May 27 at both 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Each walk will focus on the West Ridge development and community.
Jane’s Walk in Orillia is presented in honour of renowned urban planner Jane Jacobs (1916-2006). Jane Jacobs was an urbanist and activist whose writings championed a fresh, community-based approach to city-building. She had no formal training as a planner, yet her 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, introduced ground-breaking ideas about how cities function, evolve and fail — ideas that now seem like common sense to generations of architects, planners, politicians and activists.
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody,” wrote Jacobs in The Death and Life of Great American Cities, “only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”
The 90-minute, 2 km walks will be led by retired municipal planner David Parks and Sustainable Orillia’s David Stinson.
Participants are asked to meet at the parking lot behind Taco Bell (705 University Ave.). They will explore different residential activities, commercial activities, green space, walkable areas and traffic safety. The tag-team hosts will provide interesting opinions and insights on this development and ideas on what we can look for in the future.
“Come and explore the good, the bad, and the ugly of the residential, commercial, recreational and education aspects of West Ridge in Orillia,” said Stinson. “The West Ridge community is a fast-moving development that has brought major retail to the area with some mixed use residential concepts and lots of traffic.”
Register today for one of these walks, interesting to all of us concerned about the quality of living here in Orillia. Saturday, May 27 at either 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. See you there.
Please click here to register.
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