[CANUFNET] Official Plan Update - Urban Forestry

[SVescio at thunderbay.ca]

Hello, 
The City of Thunder Bay is in the midst of updating its Official Plan and 
we are looking to add significant emphasis on the urban forest. As you are 
aware, green infrastructure connects in a variety of ways to the 
objectives and policies found within an OP (eg. Transportation, Economic 
Development, Housing, Servicing – which includes policies such as 
stormwater). We will be providing recommendations to flesh out many of the 
General and Land Use Policies to include green infrastructure.  However, 
we are also considering developing a new land use designation to solely 
encompass the urban forest. Has your municipality ever considered this? If 
you have been involved in ‘beefing up’ urban forestry throughout your OP, 
how did you do it? We’d appreciate hearing any comments or examples you 
could provide. Thanks.

Shelley Vescio RPF
City Forester
City of Thunder Bay

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