environment. The unique heritage resources of the Central Area will be protected through heritage conservation and enhanced through new development which respects and complements nearby heritage buildings. Throughout the Central Area, the addition of public and private green space areas, street trees and usable, sunlit pedestrian areas will improve the quality of life and reflect a conscious goal to create a pedestrian environment and to preserve and enhance vegetative coverage in the Town. The pedestrian ambience and environment will also be enhanced by encouraging alternative modes of transportation through streetscaping and other functional and aesthetic improvements. Central Area Strategy: The Official Plan contains a number of general objectives for the Central Area, and lays out a series of strategic initiatives, which the Town and County will use in order to achieve each of it’s major objectives. Policies for Central Area Sub-Districts: The Official Plan contains area specific policies for the Central Business District and the surrounding cluster of Entrepreneurial Districts.
Central Area Vision: In the future, the Central Area of the Town of Tillsonburg will remain as the most functionally diverse area of the Town and will serve as the primary business, cultural and administrative centre. The commercial core of the Central Area will remain a viable retail shopping district capable of meeting the day to day and specialty needs of residents of the Town of TIllsonburg and surrounding areas. At the same time, the Central Area will increasingly serve as a people place and will have increased day and night activity through the introduction of residential development within and near the Central Area and through better integration of the Central Area with the wider community. The Central Area of the Town of Tillsonburg will continue to be made up of a number of distinct and complementary use districts. This functional diversity will be pursued to promote stability and the health of the downtown area and especially the Central Business District by increasing the number of people working and living in the Central Area over the long term. New buildings and spaces will reflect a human scale of development, and will be guided by design guidelines which result in a significantly enhanced pedestrian
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