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State of Downtown Calgary 2019 Table of Contents State of Downtown Calgary 2019 Table of contents Letter from Downtown Calgary’s Leadership Team ....................................................................................4 Downtown – The Boundaries..............................................................................................................................6 2019 Highlights ........................................................................................................................................................7 Downtown - The Place ...........................................................................................................................................8 Downtown - Where we Work ........................................................................................................................... 14 Downtown - Where we Live ............................................................................................................................. 18 Downtown - Where we Connect ..................................................................................................................... 24 Looking Ahead to 2020 ...................................................................................................................................... 28 Publishing Information Title State of Downtown Calgary 2019 Author The City of Calgary Published Q2 2020 - DRAFT Additional Copies The City of Calgary Records & Information Management (RIM) Inspection & Permit Services P.O. Box 2100, Station M, Mail Code: 8115 Calgary, AB T2P 2M5 Phone 311 or outside of Calgary 403-268-2489 Fax 403-268-4615 calgary.ca/downtown 19-0000003 3 The enormity of, not only the challenges, but the opportunities our downtown faces has brought Letter from Downtown Strategy Leadership Team together a team that believes in Calgary’s future place in the new economy. This unprecedented collaborative group is working together to help ensure downtown’s ongoing success now and into the future. Stuart Dalgleish We are proud to present the inaugural State of Downtown Calgary report, General Manager, Planning and Development The City of Calgary highlighting where our downtown stands at the end of 2019 – its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for continuous improvement. Downtown is the economic and cultural heart of Calgary – a livable, thriving place for people, business, innovation and creativity. Although North American downtowns, including Calgary, occupy less than one per cent of a city’s total land area, they generate outsized benefits in terms of jobs, tax revenue, and construction value. When a downtown thrives, so does a city as a whole. This remains true for Calgary. Ultimately, vibrancy is the word that encapsulates a This has all led to the creation of The Downtown The current economic situation may take an extensive It is going to take all of us to build and reshape thriving downtown. It’s important that the downtown Strategy – a concentrated focus and coordinated amount of time to recover and requires a long-game downtown and it’s important we all take a shared be economically vibrant. It is also vital to develop effort on the economic and cultural opportunities in approach, coupled with nearer term strategies and position in stewarding our downtown into the cultural vibrancy and a strong sense of place that the downtown to drive a thriving local economy. actions. Managing expectations is important. Our future. As you will notice in this report, through our impacts how residents, workers and visitors interact This work encompasses all aspects of working and Downtown Strategy has a long-term view, and the collaborative work, we are building a downtown that with our downtown. living downtown, fostering a sense of place and team is focused on near-term actions, ongoing embraces moving towards new ideas and new areas connection to ensure a vibrant city for all Calgarians – monitoring, the ability to course correct along the of the economy. We’re implementing innovative The last few years have seen our downtown take a today and in the future. way, and being nimble and flexible. ideas, strategic decisions, dynamic partnerships, hit. We have lost businesses, realized a large shortage and thoughtful investments in the four areas of our of tech talent, seen our office vacancy rate rise and It brings together The City of Calgary (“The City”), This report highlights where the downtown is currently Downtown Strategy. had some of the energy sapped from the street life of our Civic Partners, community partners, and Business in relation to our four pillars and highlights some of our downtown neighbourhoods. At the same time, Improvement Areas (BIAs) in a coordinated and the successes, challenges and opportunities that were Building a vibrant and resilient downtown is a task we have seen new businesses move in, explored collaborative effort to make life better every day for identified in 2019 and moving forward. There is a lot that never ends. We’re going to take what we know creative uses of downtown spaces, and have seen citizens, customers, residents and businesses as it happening in our downtown and this report provides about the state of our downtown and keep working new opportunities for building vibrancy bubble up relates to the downtown. This strategy brings new a snapshot of how the Downtown Strategy’s efforts are to ensure downtown Calgary continues to evolve as a throughout the downtown. energy to a future-focused, collective approach moving the needle. It establishes a baseline against livable, thriving place for people, business, innovation to align existing projects and initiatives, thereby which we can measure our future success. and creativity. There are a lot of great things happening as our city increasing the impact of our work. We are acting with continues to collaboratively implement Calgary in the urgency to address this economic shift by creating New Economy: The Economic Strategy for Calgary, new opportunities in our downtown and enabling the with a focus on the future of our downtown. Given downtown to flourish. the urgency that exists to build a thriving, vibrant downtown, efforts are being made to align work that The Downtown Strategy includes four pillars attracts new businesses, supports existing ones, and important to a vibrant downtown and our city’s builds critical infrastructure. economic resilience. These working areas are built on the four areas of focus in Calgary’s economic strategy, Calgary’s downtown is a great place to live, work Calgary in the New Economy: Stuart Dalgleish Thom Mahler Mary Moran James McLaughlin and play. It’s the hub for culture, arts, sports, The City of Calgary The City of Calgary Calgary Economic Development The City of Calgary entertainment, events and a big tourism driver Place — accelerating urbanization and connectivity attracting residents, visitors, and business travelers. The opportunities to leverage these strengths are Work — increasing opportunities to work, even more heightened now. The story of opportunity study, and run a business Chris Arthurs Marco De Iaco David Low Kate Thompson is that Calgary has an abundance of economical The City of Calgary Calgary Downtown Association Victoria Park Business Calgary Municipal Land Corporation Live — making Calgary a more attractive place to and move-in-ready office space for companies and Improvement Area live in and to visit businesses to locate, grow, and create jobs. Connect — connecting people, goods, information, and ideas 4 5 Downtown – The Boundaries 2019 Highlights Calgary City-wide 2019 Highlights Highest concentration of head offices per capita in Canada 5th most livable city in the world 418 kilometres of on-street – FP500 2019 Database – – The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2019 – bikeways and cycle tracks citywide EAU CLAIRE CHINATOWN 4 A S V SW T S 4 AV V SW SE 5 A 5 AV SW E 32nd in the 2nd in Canada for 8th best city out of 150 for families R T 6 AV SW N world for quality of living healthy lifestyle and life satisfaction around the world E DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN CORE C 6 AV SE EAST VILLAGE – Mercer Cost of Living – – Conference Board of Canada – – Movinga, 2019; Best Cities for Families 2020 – E S WEST 8 AV SW T W S 8 AV SE S W W 9 4 8 AV SE A S V S S W T S T T 1 S S W E 5 4 S S W E S S T T S T S R S 1 T 8 1 W 1 D S O T E S 12 AV SW L 4 C 1 S A T M S Top five global ecosystem for 1st in Canada for 30+ co-working spaces opened, E 14 AV SW R T startup connectedness concentration of high-tech works the 2nd fastest growth in Canada BELTLINE N E C – Startup Genome, 2019 – – Brookfield Institute, 2019 – – CBRE, 2019; Calgary Economic Development – W 17 AV SW S T S 1 1 Downtown Calgary 2019 Highlights $40.85 million being invested 22 parks and 6 Business Improvement Areas 5 community and in building public spaces greenspaces downtown downtown neighbourhood associations downtown 1,879 trees per sq. km 750,000 e-scooter trips 45% of people travelling into and out of downtown are in downtown walking, cycling and taking transit 6 7 Downtown The Place 56 5 Street SW Underpass Enhancement We aim to invest in the physical spaces, buildings, and Investing in Calgary’s Public Spaces infrastructure to increase the number of downtown residents Investing in the future of public spaces is a fundamental piece of and visitors, and drive investment into our downtown. the Downtown Strategy in order to support and incentivize private investment, generate visits and spending, and provide amenities and Over the next 15 years, we will create a downtown
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