Welcome to Waterfront Toronto’s new blog!

We’re now about half-way through our 20-year mandate to revitalize our city’s waterfront. From building new parks and public spaces, new communities and vital infrastructure like flood protection, we’ve accomplished quite a bit.

POSTED: MAY 20, 2014
BY: JOHN CAMPBELL, PRESIDENT & CEO

Waterfront revitalization touches on so many important issues – from making great new communities, parks and public spaces, sustainable development, urban design, economic development, leading technology infrastructure – and because of this we realized we wanted to create a platform to share our stories.

We have lots to say about what we’ve done, why we’ve done it, how we’ve done it and even what we’ve learned along the way. We also have stories to share about the many great partners we’ve worked with and how their ideas have inspired us.

We are inspired, too, by the many people in Toronto and elsewhere who engage with us on these issues. They are the city builders who see the revitalization of the waterfront as an important opportunity to make Toronto a better, more beautiful, more livable and more economically-competitive place to live.

This blog is meant to be a place where you can learn more about what we’re doing and how it affects Toronto, Ontario and Canada. We also want this blog to be a place where you can get a better sense of what we like and what we care about; everything from new ideas, case studies and projects to designs, works of art and buildings. You’ll be hearing from various members of the Waterfront Toronto team who can bring their personal and professional experiences to our stories. And it won’t be just us posting. Along the way, we will be featuring posts from our partners and others whose ideas we think are worth sharing.

Welcome to our blog. We hope that you find it rewarding and thought-provoking and we hope you enjoy reading it as much as we do writing it.

And don’t hesitate to let us know what you think, or share an idea with us; email us at info@waterfrontoronto.ca, or engage with us on Twitter (@WaterfrontTO) or Facebook.

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John Campbell, President and CEO
Waterfront Toronto