As mentioned in the previous post, the communities in ward 4 have been built up over a period of about 4 decades.
As Calgary is constantly evolving and changing, I was curious what changes are happening in modern times. For example, what communities are growing fastest and which one are shrinking?
As population and demographics change the needs of the community change. For example, a newer community may require a new school, or a historic community may require more seniors care facilities to allow seniors to age in place.
The following chart shows each ward 4 communities growth and relative size.
The following map highlights changes in population over the last 5 year period:
- High growth (5+%)
- Low growth (0 to 5%)
- Shrinking (less than 0%)
What I found interesting from this analysis was that the high growth communities were clustered closer to the central city and have a grid style street network (North Haven, Greenview & Highland Park). This is in contrast to the negative population growth in less central communities with curvilinear style street network (Edgemont, MacEwan Glen & Sandstone Valley).
What will each of these communities need to thrive today, 5 years and 20 years from now?
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Thanks for sharing this info. I haven’t seen anything like this from the councillor for this ward, Sean Chu.
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Thanks for the feedback.
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I am always amazed (but not really, let’s be honest) at the on-going desirability of grid or warped-grid communities compared to curvilinear. We know what happens when grided areas get redevelopped, look at the Beltline…but what does a redeveloped cul-de-sac look like? Can a loop and lollipop neighbourhood ever become mixed-use? I wager that cul-de-sacs will get ‘punched through’ to increase connectivity…who knows.
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