Tuesday, March 19, 2013

DOES TORONTO WANT THIS TYPE OF RENAISSANCE?


Annie MacInnis, executive director of the Kensington Business Revitalization Zone, seen on 10th Street N.W. in Calgary. The historic Kensington neighbourhood has two new mixed-use projects going up, and another 13 developments at the proposal stage, says Ms. MacInnis, who represents the interests of Kensington’s 280 businesses. (Chris Bolin for The Globe and Mail) 
Annie MacInnis, executive director of the Kensington Business Revitalization Zone, seen on 10th Street N.W. in Calgary.  Toronto's Kensington Market 












 


When Annie MacInnis became executive director of Calgary’s Kensington Business Revitalization Zone, her job description was simple and succinct: “Promote and beautify the district.”

Eight years later, the mandate is the same but it has become considerably more complex. Located just across the Bow River from Calgary’s downtown core, Kensington is a historic neighbourhood with two new mixed-use projects going up, and another 13 developments at the proposal stage, says Ms. MacInnis, who represents the interests of Kensington’s 280 businesses. Calgary’s inner-city intensification plans could result in a 25-per-cent increase in Kensington’s residential population over 10 years, she says.

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