Phase One Engagement Summary available now

The City of Vancouver launched the first phase of engagement for the Gastown Public Spaces Plan between August 2023 and January 2024. During this time, we had over 3,500 touchpoints with people who live, work, visit and own businesses in Gastown. This included over 2300 community survey responses, 800 visitors to our Water Street storefront and Woodwards pop-up sessions.

For this first phase, we asked about people’s experiences with Gastown’s public spaces today and how they could be enhanced in the future. The feedback from the first phase of engagement will help develop design ideas for the laneways, plazas and streets within the study area, including how Water Street could be pedestrianized in the longer term.

Read the Gastown Public Spaces Plan Phase 1 Engagement Summary [PDF, 17 MB] to learn more about what we heard.

Read the Gastown Public Spaces Plan Phase 1 Engagement Summary - Appendix [PDF, 9 MB] for a more detailed breakdown of our community survey results.