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Welcome to Our HRM Alliance

nature Groups from the rural, suburban and urban core of Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) have come together to help make the municipality a better place through the Our HRM Alliance. The exact number of groups in the Alliance keeps increasing, but a group of six organizations form the Steering Committee.

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Healthy & Active Population

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Communities must be walkable and built at a human scale. Building orientation should address people not vehicles. Residents should be able to walk to work, school and recreational activities within their neighborhoods.

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Transportation

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A robust transportation system that includes a vibrant public transit system and cycling infrastructure is necessary for HRM to insure the participation of all citizens in public life.

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Sustainable Development

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All present and foreseeable infrastructure and servicing costs should be the responsibility of the developer and not the municipality.

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Green Areas

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Green spaces provide benefits for both the environment and for the people living within it. Access to nature is important for psychological well being. Natural areas must also be protected from human interference so they can perform the critical ecosystem services that benefit humanity.

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Town Centres

Community-nodes

 

The heart of a community in a rural or suburban area is as important as Halifax or Dartmouth is to the municipality as a whole.

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Québec joins greenbelting movement

Last Updated on Monday, 23 April 2012

With the announcement of a $50 million investment in a greenbelt for Montréal and $10 million for Québec City, the Province of Québec is forging ahead with making Canada a greenbelting leader. For more, see:

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/940885/2012-2013-budget-press-release-no-15-of-17-a-gift-of-125-million-for-the-375th-anniversary-of-the-founding-of-montreal

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/940887/2012-2013-budget-press-release-no-16-of-17-30-million-for-the-theatre-le-diamant

 

 

Why we came together

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 March 2012


The Our HRM Alliance’s first “recommended solution” is to “use greenbelting”. On Monday, March 19 at 10:30 am in Meeting Room One of the St. Margaret’s Centre (12 Westwood Blvd., Upper Tantallon), the Alliance released its Greenbelting Solution.
Greenbelting can direct growth, protect watersheds, ensure nearby recreational opportunities and preserve the rural way of life.  Greenbelting only works when the community it serves first has input into its development and then embraces it. As in other cities, the Alliance wants HRM residents to own the Greenbelting Solution – for this to happen, the Alliance has put the map and policy out to the public for discussion.
The Greenbelting Solution was put forward in the same location that HRM is holding its first public consultation for the five-year review of the Regional Municipal Planning Strategy (RP+5).
 

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Our Seven Solutions

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 April 2012

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Our HRM Alliance's Greenbelting Solution maps and policy document, released Monday, March 19, 2012

Our Little Green Book

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Upcoming

 
Second round of consultation meetings for the Centre Plan. Will be held by HRM staff between April 30 and May 10. Please see HRM's website for more information.
 
April 30, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Dartmouth
Pleasant Street
Portland Street
Green Village Lane
Graham's Grove
NSCC Waterfront Campus, Room 4732 -
Woodside Wing
80 Mawiomi Place, Dartmouth
 
April 30, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Halifax
Spring Garden Road
Quinpool Road
Atlantica Hotel,
Guild Hall
1980 Robie Street, Halifax
 
May 2, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Dartmouth
Windmill Road
Wyse Road
Dartmouth Sportsplex, Nantucket Room
110 Wyse Road, Dartmouth
 
May 9, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Halifax
Young Street
Halifax Forum,
Multipurpose Room
6210 Young Street, Halifax
 
May 10, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Halifax
Agricola Street
Gottingen Street
Bloomfield Centre, Multipurpose Room
2786 Agricola Street, Halifax

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