Wednesday 11 January 2012

DAM project feedback from #Toronto Urban Design staff #EIM #OpenGov #ToCouncil



Last year, I had the opportunity to introduce our Digital Asset Library project to the City Planning Urban Design team at a staff meeting in Etobicoke.   Our first phase is a pilot with a smaller unit that is part of Urban Design, the Graphics and Visualization unit, but we wanted to provide an update to the larger team.  I sat in on the full meeting, and it was fascinating to get a big picture view of design and planning projects underway.  I was intrigued by work to connect South Etobicoke and Mimico with the waterfront, and integrate a growing Humber College into the surrounding community and historic campus. 


There were some great questions during my presentation and many staff took the time to speak to me afterwards with their thoughts.  A few key issues that came out of our conversations:


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