Work Done to Date
The Little Mountain planning process started at the end of 2009. This page contains the material produced so far, including early draft concept plans, site analysis, design principles, etc. View a chronological list of events.
» Retail Study
» Arborist Report
» Draft Site Plans
» Urban Design Principles
» Co-Design Workshop
Retail Study
Thomas Consultants was commissioned by the Holborn Group to provide a retail market study which addresses the following for Little Mountain: supportable retail uses; project positioning; retail tenant mix; project phasing; & master planning considerations. View the final report 
(7.38mb).
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Arborist Report
This report (403kb), commissioned by Holborn, maps and documents the condition of all trees on Little Mountain.
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Draft Site Plans
As part of the planning process, several draft site plans were explored with the Advisory Group and general public to better understand the issues and concerns related to traffic and pedestrian movement, connectivity, open space needs, etc.
June 2010 - the four site plan scenarios prepared by Holborn for discussion:
Grid Street (1.34mb)
Central Street (1.33mb)
Lane Street (1.30mb)
Plazas & Squares (1.34mb)
September 2010 - a revised draft site plan prepared by Holborn that combined the best elements of the previous plans, with changes based on feedback from discussions with the Advisory Group and general public. The pdfs below present this most recent draft site plan:
- Panels 1-3 (4.16mb)
- Panels 4-6 (4.74mb)
- Panels 7-10 (5.16mb)
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Urban Design Principles
Based on community input to date, the City developed draft urban design principles (455kb) to capture the design-related desires for the site. These were presented to the Advisory Group September 13, 2010.
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Co-Design Workshop
In February 2010 the City and Holborn arranged a co-design workshop for the community, led by Stanley King. At a co-design workshop, participants visualize the round of life and special events they would wish to experience in the future. After a site walk when citizens note the qualities they wish to preserve or improve, groups of citizens describe their ideas to Co-Design artist/architects who sketch at their dictation. View drawings which resulted from this workshop 
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