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Smart Bylaws Guide – Redevelop Brownfields & Greyfields Maplewood Community Eco-Industrial Partnership Project

The Maplewood Project grew out of the vision in the District of North Vancouver’s Maplewood Local Plan to encourage the replacement of the chemical industry in the long term with a range of industrial uses, opening opportunities for public access to the waterfront, and creating a compact complete community. The Project partners aim to integrate eco-industrial networking (EIN) with sustainable community planning to create a community that is economically, culturally and ecologically sustainable.

The Maplewood neighbourhood is 300 hectares in size and situated between the mountains to the north of Vancouver and Burrard Inlet.  The neighbourhood contains a diverse land base of industrial, commercial and residential uses, as well as ecologically significant areas.  The Project received funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Municipal Enabling Fund to develop a process that could be used by Canadian municipalities to plan and implement EIN in the context of smart growth.

The Maplewood Project Process (adapted from the Report To Council, January 15 2004).

Stage 0: Getting Started and Partnership Building with the District of North Vancouver, the Maplewood Community Association and the business community to ensure sufficient understand of EIN.

Stage 1: Project Kick-Off and Assembly of Committees (Core Working Group and Maplewood Advisory Committee).

Stage 2: Identification of EIN Opportunities.

Task 1: EIN Educational Outreach.

Task 2: Background Research.

Task 3: Data Collection.

Task 4: Process Flow Diagram and Business Needs Summary.

Task 5: Identified EIN Opportunities.

Stage 3: Municipal and Community Inventory Analysis including the key physical, cultural (policy), and economic information about the community to determine the development, redevelopment, and conservation potential of the land.

Stage 4: Preliminary Feasibility Screening of EIN Opportunities.

Stage 5: Preparation of the Design Brief including development goals and targets, development principles, EIN opportunities in Maplewood, land use programs, program diagram, and maps related to the above information.

Stage 6: Design Charrette where teams of professionals, community members and industry representatives worked together to synthesize information and ideas into an urban and industrial design vision incorporating eco-industrial, environmental, economic, planning and design components.

Stage 7: Additional Feasibility Screening Based on Charrette Outcomes with particular consideration for energy, water systems, clean and green new businesses, and effective and efficient goods movement.

Stage 8: Development of Implementation Strategy and Preparation of Final Report covering the physical outcomes of the charrette (team maps, drawings, etc), summary of proposed development plans, summary of favoured EIN opportunities, and recommendations for short-term and long-term steps needed to implement the Maplewood Project.

Following data collection and community consultations, the Project collaborators held a design charette from May 22-25th 2003 to synthesize information and ideas into an urban and industrial design vision for Maplewood. The following design and development opportunities were discussed in detail at the design charette:

  • Developing a vibrant village centre;
  • Creating a distinctive community identity and character;
  • Creating a greater diversity of housing (including mixed use areas) and revitalizing existing housing;
  • Protecting and enhancing ecological assets;
  • Managing stormwater to promote ecological systems and minimize demand for infrastructure;
  • Minimizing water consumption and wastewater generation in existing and new developments;
  • Improving pedestrian and cycling pathways and the integration of land uses;
  • Reducing impacts of truck traffic and improving circulation of different modes of transportation in the community;
  • Fostering energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy;
  • Creating and expanding green business opportunities;
  • Maximizing the re-use of materials and reducing toxicity and overall waste; and
  • Creating more liveable streets and expanding community facilities.

A phased implementation plan will be presented to Council by the end of May 2004.

For More Information

Maplewood Community Eco-Industrial Partnership Project website

Maplewood Community Eco-Industrial Partnership Project Overview

Maplewood Local Plan (2002

Report to Council (January 15, 2004)

Doug Allan, Senior Development Planner District of North Vancouver, (604) 990-2357, dallan@dnv.org


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