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Creating the reGENERATE Vision (2023-2024)

The journey to create the reGENERATE Vision began with a simple but bold question: What could the future look like for the neighbourhood around 22nd Street Station? Recognized in the City’s Official Community Plan as a key area for future growth, the station area has long been identified as a place where new housing, amenities, and transit-oriented development could thrive. The City wanted to go beyond policy and build a shared vision for the future with the community.

In spring 2023, the City of New Westminster launched the vision planning process with a focus on climate action, reconciliation, and inclusive community building. Over the next year and a half, the reGENERATE Vision was shaped through a combination of community engagement, collaboration with First Nations and regional partners, technical analysis, and policy alignment.

Engagement and Collaboration

Between 2023 and 2024, hundreds of residents, stakeholders, and organizations contributed their voices, ideas, and aspirations. Community engagement included:

  • Drop-in events, community meetings, and surveys.
  • An Ideas challenge inviting bold, creative proposals.
  • A design charrette bringing together experts and community members to co-create draft ideas.
  • Ongoing collaboration with local First Nations, and partnerships with agencies like TransLink, BC Hydro, Metro Vancouver, and the School District.

Hundreds of people directly engaged in the vision process, helping to shape the priorities and ensuring the reGENERATE Vision was grounded in lived experience.

Drafting the reGENERATE Vision

Throughout 2024, the City synthesized the insights gathered from the engagement process and combined it with planning best practices, technical studies, and guiding frameworks such as the Seven Bold Steps for Climate Action, Council’s Strategic Priorities, and A Year if Truth. This led to the creation of eight Big Moves, which are the core strategies that structure the reGENERATE Vision and guide future redevelopment.

The draft vision was shared with First Nations, key stakeholders and the community for feedback to ensure the vision presented to City Council for endorsement was shaped by their voices. The feedback directly informed the final Vision which was endorsed by Council in December 2024.