Quayside Impact Development Digital Survey

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Quayside is a 4.9-hectare area at Parliament Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East, equivalent to approximately six soccer fields. This future development will be a complete community, where residents will have housing, recreation, green space, community services and easy access to the necessities of daily life.

Public engagement is an important part of planning and developing this area. We want to hear from the community, non-profit organizations, local businesses, and people like you to collaborate on building a sustainable community for people of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and incomes.

By working together, we can create a dynamic, inclusive, and resilient neighbourhood.

Quayside will be a complete community with residential, retail and office spaces, entertainment, community care, cultural development, and more.

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* 1. What are you most excited to see in this waterfront neighbourhood?

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* 2. Do you have any questions, or additional comments?

Urban Farm

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Quayside will have a 1-acre Urban Farm on the rooftop of Timber House. A portion of the space will be a dedicated outdoor amenity space for building residents with the balance of the space providing opportunities for local food production, community programs, educational spaces, and a café. The Urban Farm will allow residents to lead a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, increase awareness for food security and provide accessible healthy food options. Spaces like this are known to promote social engagement and can help to establish a sense of belonging for community members.

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* 3. What interests you about the plans for the Urban Farm?

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* 4. What types of programs would you like to see at the Urban Farm?

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* 5. Do you recommend any partners or organizations that could help to bring this neighbourhood amenity to life?

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* 6. What do you think should be done with the food that is grown here?

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* 7. Do you have any questions, or additional comments?

Public Spaces

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Quayside will include 3.5 acres of privately-owned public spaces, including a 2 acre network of green space dubbed the Community Forest. Spanning from Bonnycastle Street to Parliament Street, the Community Forest will be a barrier-free, all-season public space that brings connection to nature and will be a welcoming space for people of all ages and abilities. Some features being considered include a playground, off-leash dog area, areas for quiet reflection, and programming supports for health and wellness. This area will seamlessly connect to planned improvements being made by Waterfront Toronto to Parliament Street, Queens Quay East, and surrounding streets.

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* 8. Do you think that green space in a community is valuable?

Yes

Please explain your response:

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* 9. What would you like to see included in the Community Forest?

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* 10. What activities would you like to see happen in the Community Forest?

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* 11. Do you have any questions, or additional comments?

Guiding Principles

Quayside’s development is guided by 5 Guiding Principles which influences the design throughout the Development Plan, the public realm, and the iconic architecture.

Living with Nature - Sustainability will be built-in as a lifestyle where Toronto’s sustainability goals are met, exceeded, and ingrained into every aspect of the plan. Designs should enhance more symbiotic relationship with the environment by creating a highly resilient, low-carbon community that supports biodiversity.

The Connector - Quayside is at the hinge-point where greater Toronto connects with the waterfront. We embrace this nature by creating vibrant networks of mid-block privately-owned public space (POPS), interwoven with lively streets along Parliament and Queens Quay East.

Inclusive by Design - Inclusivity is intrinsically built-in through an accessible public realm in tandem with the active programs that form a complete community. Quayside will partner with institutions and community groups that share in our goals for diversity and social advancement.

A Neighbourhood and a Destination - Quayside is a place for those who call it home and those who come from near and far to visit. This duality is supported through fluid indoor/outdoor activation, varied programming that serves various scales of community, and active public spaces designed for all seasons.

Cohesive Diversity - The Quayside development leverages our collaboration to build a neighbourhood with the richness of cities built over time. Quayside will provide world-class architecture across all scales, finding compliments between iconicity and continuity, self-expression and shared values.

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* 12. Which principle is most important to you? Select one and tell us why.

Living with Nature

The Connector

Inclusive by Design

A Neighbourhood and a Destination

Cohesive Diversity

Please explain your response:

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* 13. Do you think that the 5 Guiding Principles will result in a dynamic, inclusive, and resilient community?

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* 14. What 6th principle would you add and why?

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* 15. The next phase of engagement will focus on impacting specific areas of the Quayside development. What areas of focus would you like to help shape? Please select all that apply.

Complete Community (affordable housing, community care hub and other amenities)

Inclusive Design (accessibility, inclusivity, and aging in place strategy)

Urban Design Guidelines (series of design statements and images that explain the desired design elements and qualities that will shape Quayside development)

Equity and Inclusion (economic opportunity and workforce benefits)

Public Spaces (POPs, including the Community Forest and urban farm)

Placemaking (retail and animation strategy with a focus on equity-deserving communities)

Resilience and Sustainability (integrated design excellence, net zero, urban agriculture, waste reduction, and Cultural and Indigenous design)

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Do you have any questions, or additional comments?

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* 17. What are the first three digits of your/your household's postal code?

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* 18. How old are you? If you are responding on behalf of a household, please select all that apply.

5 to 12 years old

13 to 18 years old

19 to 29 years old

30 to 39 years old

40 to 55 years old

56 to 64 years old

65 to 74 years old

75 years old or above

Prefer not to answer

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* 19. Do you/your household identify as any of the following? Please select all that apply.

First Nations (status, non-status, treaty or non-treaty), Inuit or Métis and/or Indigenous to Canada

Black (e.g. African, African-Canadian, Afro-Caribbean)

White (e.g. English, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian)

Asian (e.g. Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Indian, Thai)

Latin American (e.g. Brazilian, Colombian, Cuban, Mexican, Peruvian)

A person of colour

LGBTQ2S+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit)

Person living with a disability

Immigrant and/or refugee

Woman

Man

Trans woman

Trans man

Gender non-binary (including gender fluid, genderqueer, androgynous)

Two-Spirit

None of the above

Prefer not to answer

Thank you for completing our survey. Please send any additional questions or comments to quayside@dream.ca.
For more information on Quayside please visit QuaysideTO.ca