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When you think of York Region, what comes to mind for you? The comfortable, tree-lined family-friendly neighbourhoods of Aurora or Vaughan? Or maybe the increasingly urban appearance of Markham\u2019s new development areas, with many large head offices employing thousands of professionals? Or maybe the quaint, walking-scale downtowns of Newmarket, Unionville or old Richmond Hill? Not to mention the lovely green countryside that wraps all around our towns, offering recreation, productive farmland, and rural lifestyles. Maybe you think of how some downtown sidewalk areas could be more inviting, how much longer it\u2019s taking you to get to work these days, or how it\u2019s hard to get from A to B in York Region if you don\u2019t have a car.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s probably safe to say that everyone in York Region has a view of what their home community means to them, and what they\u2019d like it to be in the future. If asked, most of us could list the things we love, and the things we\u2019d love more of (or in the case of some things, like traffic gridlock, less of!)<\/p>\n
So when it came time to update York Region\u2019s Official Plan, residents were asked to describe their vision for the York Region of the future. The input for the Official Plan makes a great snapshot of what people want out of their home in York Region, and what matters to them, which include:<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what people said, and then planners had to figure out how to make that vision come to life, looking twenty and even thirty or more years into the future. That vision is captured in a hefty document that is York Region\u2019s Official Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n