80-90 Empire Avenue

I support creating affordable housing on the land, while ensuring that the park and the paths through the valley are maintained.

Give residents a rent reduction if they don't need parking!

This, along with the central location, would be great incentives for people to reduce driving/emissions.

8.We have lived in low income, transient neighbourhoods for many years in our younger days and have no intention of experiencing that again.

Please maintain the pedestrian path at the east end.

It is quite heavily used, even in winter.

I think this is a good location for affordable housing if there is no loss of green space.

I wish this plan was clearer in regards to what space is at risk here. I would like to know what green space is threatened. This is a very valuable, well used and well loved area. It was made clear that the city does not understand how people use it when they planted trees in the sledding hills. We need more details here please.

Senior's Housing

There is a dire need for more housing that is targeted at seniors. This would hopefully mean more physically accessible as well. Housing similar to Mifflin & Bastow Cts may be a nice compliment to the area.

Seize advantage of street level lot

So much affordable housing in St John's is at the top of a hill (think: housing units in Shea Heights) or potentially a basement apartment (think: down some stairs to enter). It would be great if these units could keep accessibility in mind. If the lot is a good size for this, can we make these units accessible / without stairs? There's so few units in the city that meet this need

Mixture of units to suit different people.

Apartments.

We have a high demand and low vacancy for small apartments for one or two people. This needs to be addressed. A few small, low rise apartments would fit in the gravel space while preserving the green space and trail.

Tiny Homes

If confined to the existing gravel lot, it would be an ideal location to be zoned for tiny homes. These could be built on a concrete slab base with a small footprint (typically under 500 square feet) and could still allow for off-street parking for each unit. Tiny homes would fill a missing market niche in St. John's. They are affordable and designed to be energy efficient. The living space is not dissimilar to existing high demand condo units in the area such as Allandale Place and Linden Court, so the size would not be a deterrent to finding occupants.

Education for the wealthy neighbours about the benefits of socialism.

Build it around active transportation

This will be right on a key cycling route for the city - that should be embraced with good options for cycle parking and storage, access direct to the trail, ideally a bike share or similar.

Trees.

Integration with Kelly's Brook Path and reduced parking minimums.

I live just down the street from this site and I support this development. I would like to see the development integrated with/connected to Kelly's Brook Path. I would like to see a thorough review of parking requirements with a possible exemption from parking minimums to allow for more green space and shared social space.

Modular housing

This would be a neat site to try out some of the modular housing designs that other cities have done. Built faster and more flexibly. Good example here: https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/housing-shelter/affordable-housing-developments/modular-housing-initiative/

Incorporate a community garden

Folks living in affordable housing want to be part of the community. Everyone engaging through gardening builds community and lets people share experience and also grows food!

Why not use more of the housing available on Empire Avenue behind hoyles ave

Other uses for the spot

This could be better utilized either as a 50+ living or even as a large community garden for all of Georgetown .

Build units for small households

There's lots of demand for units for small households of 1-2 people. I hope the city builds as many comfortable units for such households as possible on this site. It's a great location for people to access transit and jobs.