Tomorrow's Chinatown

Together, with the Chinatown community, we are working to create the first Cultural Plan and a new Area Redevelopment Plan for Chinatown.

These two plans have the shared goal: to support Chinatown’s future growth, so it remains a vibrant, culturally-rich place to live, visit, work, and do business for generations to come.

Phase One: The Discovery Phase was inclusive of broad public engagement through a number of conversations, interviews, and online engagement that occurred throughout the Spring/Fall 2020, in addition to six Advisory Group sessions that wrapped up in October 2020.

• To learn about what we heard, check out the Calgary Chinatown Cultural Plan Discover Phase report.
• To learn about what we heard, check out the Phase One: Discover LAP Stakeholder Report Back - Spring 2021

Phase Two: The Create Phase engagement has wrapped up on the Cultural Plan but is ongoing for the Area Redevelopment Plan until spring 2022. The results of this phase of engagement are a draft Cultural Plan and Area Redevelopment Plan.

Phase Three: During the Realize Phase engagement, stakeholders will be able to review the proposed Cultural Plan and Area Redevelopment Plan. The draft Cultural Plan is now available, while the draft Area Redevelopment Plan is expected to be available in the first half of 2022.

我們與唐人街社區通力合作，制定出首個文化計劃以及全新本區規劃（Local Area Plan, LAP）。

這兩項計劃及規劃有一個共同目的：支持未來唐人街的發展基礎，使這個地方保持生生不息、活力充沛、文化氣息濃厚，適宜居住、遊覽、工作及營商。

最新消息：

第一階段：第一階段包括了廣泛的公眾參與，包括在 2020 年春季至秋季之間的一系列對話、訪問及網上參與活動，再加上六次社區顧問組的會議，這些會議已在 2020 年 10 月結束。

• 想瞭解我們收集到的意見，請查閱《卡加利市唐人街文化計劃 – 探討階段報告》。
• 想瞭解我們收集到的意見，請查閱 Phase One: Discover LAP Stakeholder Report Back Spring 2021

第二階段：在探討階段開展四個月後，提供公眾意見的最後機會已於 2 月 12 日結束。項目小組現正審閱市民的回應，用以起草文化計劃和本區規劃。

作為審閱過程的一部份，項目小組可能會聯絡特定的業主和社區代表以瞭解更多資料。這種針對性的交流很有必要，能夠為卡加利市這個多元的社區和區域發掘進一步的背景資料並收集具體意見。

• 文化計劃的創立階段會持續至 2021 年春季
• 本區規劃的創立階段會持續至 2021 年秋季

「明日唐人街」的目標：

• 勾勒出社區特徵、文化保存與演變的共同願景，從而給予唐人街一個更加明確的未來。
• 從文化角度考慮城市環境，並探索未來公共與私人投資以及再發展的機會。
• 成功整合輕軌綠線。
• 確定社區和其他持分者能夠一同採取的具體行動，令未來的唐人街充滿活力並加強文化特徵。

「明日唐人街」方案共分為三個階段：

第一階段：探討：與社區討論交流，理解唐人街的獨特價值、優勢及不足之處，瞭解社群對於未來的願景。

第二階段：創立：與社區成員會面，決定對於唐人街及其未來最重要的各項目標。

第三階段：實現：我們與唐人街的居民、商業、文化團體、社區夥伴一起合作，共同將新想法納入文化計劃和本區規劃中。

Project Background

Chinatown is one of Calgary’s most distinctive cultural communities, with a long history. It is a unique area, important to Calgary and to its residents, visitors and business.

Tomorrow’s Chinatown is a project to create the first cultural plan in coordination with a new Area Redevelopment Plan through collaboration with the Chinatown community. Working together, these new plans will help support Chinatown’s future as a vibrant, culturally-rich place to live, visit, work, and do business, for generations to come. You can read more about the project at www.Calgary.ca/Chinatown

Tomorrow’s Chinatown’s objectives:

• Outline a common vision for community character, cultural preservation and evolution –providing a level of certainty around the future of Chinatown.
• Consider the built environment through a cultural lens and explore future opportunities for public and private investment and redevelopment.
• Support the successful integration of the Green Line LRT station.
• Identify specific actions that the community and other stakeholders can undertake together to strengthen Chinatown’s vibrancy and cultural identity into the future.

Cultural Plan for Chinatown

In general, culture is anything that defines the unique identity of a community or social group. Culture can include social customs, seasonal traditions, food, fashion, literature or music. It also includes less obvious parts of our lives, like heritage, community initiatives, art and much more.

Culture plays a role in shaping communities. This cultural plan will be a roadmap for planning and using cultural resources to strengthen the economy and improve the quality of life in Chinatown. It will build on the Cultural Plan for Calgary, and be used as a guide when we make plans, decisions, collaborate and govern.

Area Redevelopment Plan for Chinatown

Chinatown's new Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP) is a statutory document that will help guide where and how future growth and (re)development should happen. This plan is unique because it will be influenced by Chinatown’s cultural plan. The goal is to make sure the area is vibrant and thriving now and for future generations.

The ARP will provide a long-term vision for how land can be used or rezoned in the future. It will give guidance and direction based on unique local conditions or circumstances. The plan can be updated as local conditions and circumstances change.

Throughout this project, at times we’ve used the terms Area Redevelopment Plan and Local Area Plan (LAP) interchangeably. However, in fall 2021 planning staff decided to refer to the new Chinatown planning policy document as an ARP going forward.

Reasons for supporting this change include:

• “Local Area Plan” is not a defined term in provincial legislation, the Municipal Government Act – only in Calgary’s Municipal Development Plan (MDP).
• The MDP has many references to the term Local Area Plan, and some LAPs can also be non-statutory documents.
• Based on the definition of both terms, referring to the document as an ARP allows us to be more specific and clear with our deliverables.
• When the existing 1986 Chinatown ARP is repealed, we’d like to ensure that the outgoing document is replaced with a “like for like” document in terms of statutory relevance and reference.
• Finally, in Calgary’s Greater Downtown all five neighbourhoods that surround the Downtown Core have ARPs. We’d like to ensure that this consistency is maintained with this project as well.