Shaping Burnaby through a new community plan

As Burnaby begins to look toward the future, there’s a new plan being introduced that requires feedback from the public.

The Official Community Plan Project, called Burnaby 2050, aims to guide the city’s development over the next 25 years.

Now, Burnaby 2050 has moved into its second phase, titled “Visioning”, which gives residents the opportunity to share their feedback and guide how they want the city to develop.

Residents will have multiple opportunities to engage with the city and provide feedback about what the most important considerations for the city’s future will be.

The first way that residents can provide feedback is through an online survey, which will close on July 17.

Residents will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on what currently works well in Burnaby, what could be improved, areas of concern within the city, and what the most important aspects of urban planning are to them.

The city will also be hosting a series of four speaker events around the city to encourage conversation, and require pre-registration, and will be held at these four locations and run from 6-8:30pm:

• Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre on June 14

• The Amazing Brentwood on June 15

• Bonsor Recreation Complex on June 20

• Confederation Seniors’ Centre on June 21

Several pop-up events will also take place to encourage engagement at popular community events, including the upcoming Hats Off Day, National Indigenous Peoples Day, and Canada Day celebrations.

Burnaby 2050 stems from a need to respond to the community’s current and continuing growth and expanding needs. It aims to respond to several different areas of concern, including growing populations, housing and accommodation needs, urban planning, and more.

The project predicts that by 2050, Burnaby will have an additional 109,000 residents added to its current population, as well as housing and job force projections, climate action goals, and more.

Once the second phase has been completed, the city will share their findings and implement these into a working vision that will help them to create growth scenarios and land use.

The project aims to complete its final phase, “Confirming”, after an Official Community Plan has been drafted and return to the community for final feedback.