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SUMMER 2012 Contents Mayor’S Message SUMMER 2012 Contents Mayor’s Message Creative Economy Summit 1 Our city matters. Brampton Gateway Terminal 2 Brampton’s cultural, political and thought leaders aren’t limited to city hall. In fact, our reputation for Extra Züm in Brampton 2 community engagement helps us maintain a solid Züm Along Steeles this Fall 2 foundation to deliver services that matter to you. Brampton Transit By the Numbers 3 We listen to you to ensure your Council works together to meet the priorities of Brampton residents and businesses. Swift, Speedy, Prompt… PRESTO! 3 Brampton is ready to embark on the next phase of city-building, with a focus on engaging Brampton’s ID Your Pet 3 diverse and vibrant communities as a foundation. In fall Leash-free Areas 3 2012, we will take the next step to build our Strategic Plan for our City for the next 20 years. Southwest Quadrant Renewal 4 We need your input to develop clearly defined What is Light Rail Transit? 5 objectives about how we deliver public services, create communities, and foster business excellence. Our Strategic Plan will reflect what Brampton’s residents, businesses and other groups tell us throughout the Bram East Library and community engagement process. Community Centre 6 Second Units in Brampton 6 Brampton has a strong sense of community, and Brampton families and businesses have always demonstrated a strong desire to express their opinions. That’s why we want to hear from all of you this New Home for BDDC 6 fall about your vision for our city. We want our Strategic Plan to be a true reflection of our collective priorities in Brampton. Together we will deliver a Strategic Plan that celebrates our heritage, embraces Our “Green” Greens 7 our diversity, and sets our community on a course for continued success. Junior Golf League 7 Our city is growing. Alderlea 7 Our official population is now 523,911 – a 20.8% increase over 2006, and the third largest net increase Take a City Tour 8 in population among Canada’s largest cities. Brampton is now the ninth largest city in Canada. It is the fourth largest city in Ontario, and the third largest in the GTA. Clean Green Brampton 8 Our mandate as a high-growth municipality drives Council’s priorities. We strive to balance spending and Emerald Ashborer 8 limit tax increases. Most significant among the City’s 2012 commitments are the continued expansion of Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot 8 public transit service and the opening of new recreation and library facilities in the Bram East and Mount Pleasant communities. Games Countdown 8 Our city is alive. Parking Downtown 8 From corporate initiatives and transit improvements, to cultural events and creative programming, Brampton Events 9 is booming. “City Matters” shows you what’s going on – both at City Hall and in your neighbourhood. Contacts 9 Have a fantastic summer. Follow the Mayor on and Susan Fennell, Mayor, City of Brampton City Matters is published quarterly by the City of Brampton New for 2012, the Summer issue is a magazine-style format, distributed to all city residents and businesses by Canada Post. This publication replaces the biannual Ward Report. The Fall, Winter and Spring issues of City Matters are e-newsletters. Sign up at www.brampton.ca. Produced by: City of Brampton Corporate Communications T 905.874.3604 TTY 905.874.2130 2 Wellington St., W., Brampton ON L6Y 4R2 [email protected] Creative Economy Summit Sets the Pace for HACE™ In February 2012, Brampton’s first Creative Economy Summit was held. This community economic development plan focused on providing More than 290 attendees came together for the all-day event at the entrepreneurs with programs and services in the “business of the arts”. Rose Theatre Brampton. Participants included residents, local business Goals of the HACE™ program include collaboration, business investment leaders, members of Brampton City Council, educators and students, arts attraction, small business development, attracting visitors, friends and professionals, along with attendees from across Ontario and Quebec. relatives, and place branding. Keynote speakers Jian Ghomeshi and Tim Jones did not disappoint, The Summit was presented by the City of Brampton, the Brampton Arts providing insight and ideas to foster a creative economy in Brampton. Council, Brampton Library, Brampton Downtown Development Corporation Success stories profiling local businesses, including Jade’s Hip Hop Academy and Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. and IT Weapons, were a source of celebration and inspiration. The role of youth in developing the next generation workforce was front and centre throughout the day. Students and staff from Brampton’s Fletcher’s Meadow Secondary School shared their forward-thinking efforts in the creative economy through a presentation and panel discussion. As JOIN THE BRAMPTON well, the performing arts and technical skills of the students from Sheridan College were highlighted. CREATIVE NETWORK Results from the interactive survey and the advice from speakers Visit the EDO pages collected during the Summit will help shape the direction of the City’s www.brampton.ca HACE™ initiative (Heritage, Arts, Culture, Entertainment). HACE™ is a five-year plan to pursue and promote the development of a creative @BramptonEcoDev economy in Brampton. and comment at #HACEcr8v In 1999, the Brampton Arts Council, in association with the City of Watch our video at Brampton Economic Development Office, the Brampton Board of Trade, the www.youtube.com/BramptonEcoDev Brampton Downtown Business Association, the Brampton Heritage Board and the provincial Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport planned and launched the HACE™ program. Vision: By 2016 the creative economy, through heritage, arts, culture and entertainment (HACE™) industries, is a leading contributor to the economic vitality and image of Downtown Brampton as the creative centre of the city. THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BRAMPTON 1 Brampton Gateway Terminal at Extra Züm in Brampton Shoppers World This spring, a 60-foot bus will hit our city streets, as Brampton Transit operators begin driver training. Called “articulated buses”, 20 of these will In October 2011, the City of Brampton started construction on a new be added to the Brampton Transit fleet in 2012. These buses feature an transit terminal at Shoppers World. This facility is an important part of the accordion-style link between two vehicle platforms and can carry about 40 development of the City’s public transit system, especially the Züm service. per cent more passengers than our regular 40-foot buses. The larger buses The new terminal will be at the northwest corner of Main Street and will travel on all Züm corridors to assist with the city’s growing transit Steeles Avenue and will replace the existing one at Shoppers World. The demand. Service on the new buses is expected by the fall. new terminal is expected to be complete in fall 2012. Customized passenger amenities Züm Along Steeles this Fall The new terminal will include a customer information centre, washrooms, enclosed waiting areas, PRESTO equipment, and digital displays with Züm buses will be running along Steeles Avenue this fall; from the new real-time information. The covered platform will have about 17 bus bays, Brampton Gateway Terminal at Shoppers World to the Humber College including seven on-street bays (along Main Street and Steeles Avenue). North Campus in Toronto. This will be the third Züm line launched by The bus bays will be connected to the main terminal building by a covered Brampton Transit in three years. walkway. There will also be a storage area for bikes, street lighting improvements and new landscaping. Züm is Brampton Transit’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service. It is part of Brampton’s response to the need for improved transportation options in Canada’s fourth-fastest growing city. Züm works seamlessly with Brampton Transit priority measures help keep things moving Transit’s conventional buses to offer reliable, all-day service with limited Similar to the Bramalea Terminal (which opened in fall 2010 adjacent to the stops and advanced customer service technologies to ensure riders arrive at Bramalea City Centre), the new terminal will feature a number of transit their destinations on time, hassle-free and at no extra charge. priority measures. These include a transit-only, left turning lane from Steeles Avenue into the terminal, and a transit-only lane exiting the terminal onto Starting in 2014, Züm service will be introduced on Bovaird Drive and west Main Street. Transit priority measures help move buses in and out of the along Queen Street and Steeles Avenue. terminal faster, while minimizing impacts to vehicular traffic. www.bramptontransit.com Find us on and @ BTZum Our new articulated Züm buses will look much different than the training buses you’ll see on the street. 2 City Matters • SUMMer 2012 Brampton Transit ID Your Pet All pets, including those kept indoors, should be properly By the Numbers identified and registered. If lost, identification tags will help them return home quickly and safely. Licences are In the last decade, a growing population and the City’s required under City by-law. For more information, contact commitment to provide a quality transit system have Brampton Animal Services at 311 or visit meant more riders and an increased demand for transit www.brampton.ca/animalservices. services in Brampton. 2010 national average for annual 4% transit growth Leash-free Areas increase in Brampton Transit ridership 18%
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