Urban Design Strategic Advisor
Brampton
The City of Brampton is one of the fastest growing and most diverse cities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe surrounding Toronto. It is in the throes of a major transformation from an auto-oriented post-war suburban community to a more sustainable, denser transit-oriented future. Ken Greenberg has been engaged to work with the Urban Design Department of the City of Brampton to advance the Council endorsed Brampton 2040 Vision. This involves providing strategic guidance in the below core areas:
1. Establishing By-Design Studio within the City of Brampton’s Incubator Space to provide an on-going exhibition and place of convergence for the discussion of forward-thinking city-building practices and emerging trends;
2. Engaging Development Industry
Develop communication kits, strategy, and create opportunities for the department to present development opportunities, partnership and implementation frameworks positioning the City of Brampton as a thought leader in large-scale urban transformation over the next 40 years
3. Creating City-building Champions
Obtain buy-in and build champions to advance Urban Design agenda among a. Members of Council; Senior leadership within commissions, departments and agencies and developers, businesses, residents and academia.
4. Elevating Quality of Urban Design Products and Services
Providing critical advice on the Urban Design Department’s delivery including
Centres and Town Centres Master Plans
City-wide Integrated Complete Community Master Plan & Implementation Strategy
City-wide Urban Design Guidelines & Development Review Manual
Urban Standards Manual for Intensification Areas and Integrated Implementation Framework
Pre-application Design Services & Co-design Service
Public Events and Media Messaging
5. Building Urban Design Department Capacity
Provide strategic guidance to align resources within Urban Design to focus on. Visualization, Communication and Analytics; Project Management and Design Review.