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Village on the Twelve will be comprised of about 300 housing units within 16 Acres. The Concept Plan includes many forms of housing that cater to the many facets of the market in St. Catharines. Traditional Development Design principles were
We are proud to announce that our Certified Planning Technician, Mohammad Kamruzzaman, has been awarded with the 2019 Merit Award for Infill Design by the Canadian Association of Certified Planning Technicians. This award is in recognition for his outstanding work
We are excited to have been hired to work with Bayshore Group to design and develop the site of the vacant GM Factory in St. Catharines. Better Neighbourhoods has utilized Traditional Neighbourhood Design principles to transform this parking lot into
On July 21st, 2016, Better Neighbourhoods will bring together industry professionals from across the Niagara Region to a workshop regarding the future of urbanism in Niagara.
Detroit, as with many large US cities, is absent of residential life in its dowtown…but, there are signs of regeneration and life. All vacant buildings in the downtown were in some state of rehabilitation with a growing residential marketplace desperate
We are back from Detroit, and our annual pilgrimage to the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU 24). As many know, Detroit, MI went bankrupt in July 2013. So, as urbanists, we were both curious and intrigued to see how
As of October 1st, 2015, Glenn E. Barr Associates was renamed as Better Neighbourhoods Inc.
Operating as Barr Associates, the company was originally founded in 1976 and has offered development consulting services to the Niagara Region for almost 40 years.
This year, we were recognized with two landmark awards at the 12th annual Niagara Community Design Awards!
2016 Winner for Small Scale Projects – 24 Wanda Road
“24 Wanda Rd., St. Catharines, a project that infills a new house
The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) released an article on how the negative stigma associated with congestion is not inherently bad and that we often underestimate its impact on a city. The article outlines a list of suggestions on
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