Hintonburg, A 15-minute Neighbourhood: Successes, Challenges and the Future
One of the marble street sculptures along Somerset St West in Hintonburg.
This walk will highlight Hintonburg Village as an existing “15-minute Neighbourhood,” defined as a compact community where residents can access most day-to-day essential services within a 15-minute walk. But beyond this functional definition, the tour will look at the neighbourhood’s livability characteristics in such areas as scale, streetscapes, heritage and public spaces, and amenities, as well as the changing residential profile of the community. While emphasizing successful characteristics, it will also point out challenges such as problematic traffic, spot zoning for high rises, limited parks, vacant housing, and intrusive hydro infrastructure. With the city’s strongly stated aspirational goal of creating many more 15-minute communities, the walk will help participants to focus on how to achieve the best results.
