Unlocking Potential Funding for New Parks in Toronto
- Date
- June 09, 2022
- Time
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:45 AM EDT
- Location
- Zoom webinar
- Open To
- All
The City of Toronto’s urban parks system is maintained and expanded thanks to its Parkland Dedication tool, which harnesses growth by requiring all new development to contribute to the city’s parks and open space system.
The City of Toronto is currently reviewing its parkland dedication rate, and will enact a new bylaw by September 2022.
Master of Planning '22 graduate Jean-Francois Obregon Murillo has undertaken studies that identified over 25 public and private financial tools that can be leveraged by municipalities to fund parkland acquisition. He has interviewed real estate, municipal, NGO and consulting professionals in Canada, Costa Rica, the UK, and the USA for his research. Jean-François also investigated barriers faced by the City of Toronto to using existing funds to purchase parkland.
In this presentation, Jean-François Obregon Murillo will outline his research and provide insights into opportunities to unlock funding potential to support urban parks.
This webinar will be of interest to anyone working in government, real estate, finance, foundations and environmental NGOs.
With introduction from Prof. Nina-Marie Lister of the School of Urban and Regional Planning.