4.2 OPEN SPACES, NATURAL HERITAGE FEATURES & GREEN STREETS
4.2.1 NewOpen Spaces
4.2.2 EnhancedOpen Spaces
• New open spaces are recommended to increase the vibrancy of Broadway Street by providing additional flexible space for a mix of spillover activities including seating areas, art installations, restaurant patios, and sidewalk sales. • A number of major Opportunity Sites and Soft Sites have been identified that can incorporate open space in conjunction with new development (refer to section 2.7 Opportunity Sites). Many of these, including surface parking lots adjacent to the Metro Grocery Store and Tillsonburg Town Centre Mall, are located on Broadway Street.
• Existing parkettes at the intersection of Broadway and Bridge Streets as well as Broadway and Oxford Streets should be expanded and enhanced with new programing, landscaping treatments and furnishings to bookend either side of Broadway Street, catalyzing new development. • These expanded open spaces should be framed by new developments. Such developments should capitalize on these prominent locations by providing primary entrances onto the adjacent parkettes, creating flexible space for a mix of spillover activities including seating areas, art installations, restaurant patios, and sidewalk sales (refer to section 2.5 Parks & Open Spaces).
Legend Natural Open Space System Lake Lisgar Tillsonburg Golf Club Urban Parkette / Plaza (Existing) Urban Parkette / Plaza (Potential) Study Area Boundary
Lake Lisgar
Parkette
WWIMemorialPlaza
ClockTower / Plaza
CivicSculpture / Parkette
North
Tillsonburg Golf&CountryClub
As development occurs, existing parkettes should be expanded and enhanced with new programming, landscaping treatments and furnishings.
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