Building Great Neighbourhoods - Wîhkwêntôwin (Oliver)
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Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (Oliver) has been chosen for Neighbourhood Renewal. The planning and design is currently underway.
Exploring Options and Tradeoffs Round 2 - November 2024
We have reviewed and considered what you shared with us about Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (Oliver), during the Exploring Options and Tradeoffs Round 1 stages. The Project Team can now share Round 2 of design options based on your feedback, including:
Available from Thursday November 14 to Thursday January 16
During this stage, we commit to using the priorities we heard during the engagement to inform the draft design for the project.
About The Project
Neighbourhood reconstruction rehabilitates residential roads, replaces street lights, sidewalks, curbs, and gutters, and adds missing sidewalk links, where possible. Other opportunities to improve how people walk, bike, drive and gather in the neighbourhood, and how they enjoy City-owned parks and open spaces are also explored.
At the beginning of the project, the Project Team will work with the community to create a project Vision and Guiding Principles. People who live, work and play in Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (Oliver) will be asked for regular feedback on the different stages of the project.
Cost-sharing opportunities will be made available through the Local Improvement process for sidewalk reconstruction and decorative street light upgrades in the neighbourhood. Most arterial roads and alleys are not included in the scope of work. 100 Avenue between 109 Street and 116 Street is in scope for this project. Some alleys in the 124 Street Business Improvement Area will be updated through the 124 Street BIA Alley Renewal project.
Some alleys in the 124 Street Business Improvement Area will be updated through the 124 Street BIA Alley Renewal project. See the project page for more information.
Working Together to Make the Most of Your Neighbourhood
This is your city and your neighbourhood. We want to understand how you experience your neighbourhood and ask for your input on what we might do to make it better. We will engage and work with you on the renewal of roads, sidewalks, street lights and park spaces and promote other community opportunities to enhance how people live and interact in your neighbourhood.
We commit to being open and transparent about how your input is used. Let’s make the most out of your neighbourhood.
We have created a
road map
to help you and your neighbours understand the steps of the renewal process and how you can participate. At each step we will tell you what the purpose is and how your input will inform the decisions being made. We commit to report back on how we used your input.
The Concept phase is when we need to hear from you the most! We need your help to co-create a vision and guiding principles, explore opportunities, and explore options and tradeoffs. These are the most important pieces for your Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal and will be used to create a draft design to best meet your neighbourhood needs.
During the Design phase, we want your input on the refined designs for your neighbourhood. Your feedback will be incorporated into the final design, alongside technical requirements and City policies. These designs were created from the vision and guiding principles we co-created together. You shared your input, we incorporated your feedback, now we build!
Thank you to everyone who engaged with the Project Team during the first round of Exploring Options and Tradeoffs stage of Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (Oliver) Neighbourhood Renewal. The online survey closed on July 25, but you can still review the design options for Round 1:
The public engagement activities and participation are summarized in the Engagement Summary.
A What We Heard report summarizing feedback specific to the Vision and Guiding Principles from Round 1 will be available in the coming months. A full What We Heard Report summarizing all feedback from Exploring Options and Tradeoffs will be available following Round 2.
Watch for details later this year for Exploring Options and Tradeoffs Round 2.
The feedback gathered from both rounds of engagement will be used to create a draft design for Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (Oliver) Neighbourhood Renewal. We will share the draft design with you and ask for your input when we move into the Community Feedback on Draft Design stage of Neighbourhood Renewal.
We commit to using the priorities we heard during this engagement to inform the draft design for the project.
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Truth and reconciliation is important to the City of Edmonton, and we recognize the neighbourhood name Oliver is difficult for some residents. In February 2024, Edmonton’s City Council voted to approve the Oliver Community League’s recommendation to change the neighbourhood name to Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ.
The City of Edmonton is pleased to begin phasing in use of the new name in all Neighbourhood Renewal materials in a hybrid manner in this stage. In the next stage, Community Feedback on Draft Design, the Neighbourhood Renewal Project Team will exclusively use the new neighbourhood name Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (pronounced We-Kwen-To-Win).
Thank you to everyone who engaged with the Project Team during the Building a Project Vision Together and Exploring Opportunities stage of Oliver Neighbourhood Renewal. The online survey closed on November 17. The feedback gathered will be used to co-create a Vision and Guiding Principles for your Oliver Neighbourhood Renewal and will help to inform the options we share in the Exploring Options and Tradeoffs stage.
The public engagement activities and participation are now summarized in the Engagement Summary .
In spring 2024, we will be seeking your input again as we move into the Exploring Options and Tradeoffs stage of Neighbourhood Renewal.
We commit to using your community’s input in co-creating a Vision and in deciding on key elements to be explored in the development of the overall neighbourhood design to align with that Vision for your Neighbourhood Renewal project.
Truth and reconciliation is important to the City of Edmonton, and we recognize the neighbourhood name Oliver is difficult for some residents. In February 2024, Edmonton’s City Council voted to approve the Oliver Community League’s recommendation to change the neighbourhood name to Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ. This Neighbourhood Renewal Project stage occurred before the name change took effect and looked at elements of the neighbourhood before it was known as Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (pronounced We-Kwen-To-Win).
For that reason, the neighbourhood will be referred to as Oliver in this stage and its reports. Moving forward, the City of Edmonton will phase in exclusive use of the new name in all Neighbourhood Renewal materials.
Beginning in October, you will see some activity in Oliver as we prepare for Neighbourhood Renewal.
Our team will be working with residents, property owners and stakeholders in Oliver over the next three years to understand your needs and desires for this renewal as part of the input process to shape the future neighbourhood. These conversations will begin this fall.
We seek to involve you in decision-making to shape the vision for engagement and neighbourhood improvements. Working together, we can make the most out of your neighbourhood.
