The Northeast False Creek Plan seeks to maximize healthy community and well-being.
Replacing the viaducts with a new street network and development of the lands within Northeast False Creek could result in community and social impacts, both to those already living in and around the area, as well as to future residents and business owners.
Social impacts can be best described as alterations to the ways in which people live, work, play, relate to one another, organize, meet their needs, and cope as members of society.
In this respect, social impacts resulting from large-scale development and neighbourhood change can potentially improve or decrease the health and well-being of people.
Social impact mitigation strategies
Growth and change in a community can result in positive and negative impacts.
The following table outlines a strategy for monitoring and mitigating negative impacts based upon our Healthy City Strategy.
| Healthy City Strategy theme | In Northeast False Creek | Both in and outside NEFC | Outside NEFC |
|---|---|---|---|
| A good start | New childcare facilities
New social facilities to support children and families |
Increase school capacity | |
| A home for everyone | Ensure mixed-income housing
Provide ample non-market housing |
Provide affordable rental housing | Seek to secure single room occupancy housing (SROs) |
| Feeding ourselves well | Support affordable and culturally appropriate food outlets
Increase food assets like community gardens, urban agriculture, farmers’ markets, and produce row |
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| Healthy human services | Ensure supports for vulnerable and homeless people are in place | Retain shower program | Ensure ongoing outreach with vulnerable populations |
| Making ends meet and working well | Community benefit agreements for local, low-barrier job creation | Ensure affordable commercial space for local, small businesses
Support social enterprise and community economic development |
Free and low-cost good and services
Develop policies and encourage partnerships to support local businesses Retain low-skill and entry-level jobs |
| Being and feeling safe and included | Partner with community policing, local groups, and park rangers to increase safety | Ensure low-barrier, inclusive, affordable/free public spaces and community amenities | Work with local business improvement areas (BIAs) to promote good neighbour practices |
| Cultivating connections | Accessible and inclusive meeting and event spaces
Animate at-grade retail and public spaces Public realm improvements |
Ensure ongoing engagement with Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and cultural communities | |
| Active living and getting outside | New and enhanced parks, green space, and playgrounds | Replace skateboard facilities
Ensure parks programming and field access for local residents |
Improve connections between parks and local amenities |
| Lifelong learning | Include skills development in community benefit agreements
Meaningfully recognize cultural communities and history |
Ensure ongoing engagement with Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and cultural communities | |
| Expressing ourselves | Meaningfully recognize cultural communities and history
Ensure affordable housing and work spaces for local artists |
Ensure ongoing engagement with Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and cultural communities
Explore public vending opportunities for artists |
Protect heritage buildings and other cultural assets
Retain and secure affordable, accessible cultural spaces Showcase local arts and culture |
| Getting around | Provide an effective and resilient transportation network for all modes of travel | Provide neighbourhood traffic calming where appropriate
Adequate parking and loading areas |
Ensure viaduct removal and construction does not result in long-term disruption and displacement
Ensure good cycling and pedestrian connections Ensure access to public transit |
| Environments to thrive in | Develop an impact management plan | Integrate new development into surrounding neighbourhoods | Ensure viaduct removal and construction does not result in long-term disruption and displacement |