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Andy Fillmore, manager of urban design for Halifax Regional Municipality, doesn’t toss around complex acronyms or technical jargon when defining the HRMbyDesign downtown plan. He gets straight to the heart of what is genuinely important.
“It’s a long-term strategy to increase the number of people living and working in downtown Halifax by improving the livability of the city, by improving the quality of design of public spaces and quality of architecture, preserving our heritage better and improving the process by which development is approved.”
The plan is a key component of HRMbyDesign, an urban design strategy for the regional centre, which encompasses Halifax Peninsula and the area in Dartmouth within the circumferential highway. Fillmore says about 50 per cent of the municipality’s jobs and households are in the regional centre.
“It’s the cultural, educational, social and academic heart of the municipality, the region, the province, and many people, including me, would argue the Maritimes,” he says. “It plays a very important role in the image of the area and also in the way we all put bread on our table.”