Housing & Urban Planning In Hrm - David Harrison MCIP Blog

What is the purpose of HRM's Regional Centre Community Council?

David Harrison, August 10 2024

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HRM's planning culture needs to change

David Harrison, November 10 2021

Response to the Licensed Professional Planners of Nova Scotia’s Request for Input on the Housing in the Halifax Regional Municipality Act Urban planning in Halifax Regional Municipality is inordinately focused on development form and what planners think buildings are supposed to look like. Less emphasis on those parameters and more emphasis on...

Housing & Urban Planning in HRM

Creating the big city of Halifax: A chronology of "Municipal Reform"

David Harrison, September 14 2020

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Housing & Urban Planning in HRM

HRM's Charter can guide change and address community needs

David Harrison, June 10 2020

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HRM's Regional Plan is failing rural communities

David Harrison, April 24 2020

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Dartmouth's Main Street District: HRM's new growth centre

David Harrison, February 10 2020

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Let's plan for more people

David Harrison, November 21 2019

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A new model for HRM suburbs

David Harrison, January 17 2018

With its pre-determined building heights and streamlined planning approval process, the Main Street Community Improvement District has set a new standard for urban planning in HRM. Adopted 5 years ago, the planning approach is starting to drive new investment, and a recently adopted age-friendly community plan is laying the foundation for...