The Uptown Community Hub The Brampton 2040 Vision established the Uptown Community Hub located south of the city’s core. Subsequent work through the Uptown Community Hub Study and business case analysis project projects more than 73,000 residents and 25,000 jobs within the Uptown Community Hub by the year 2035. 14 Based upon the projected population for the area, 43,800 square feet of library space would optimally be targeted to service the Uptown Community Hub. The South Fletcher’s Branch is presently the only library located in the Uptown and as a Neighbourhood Branch it alone cannot address the needs of this key redevelopment area. An additional 31,000 square feet of space would be required to attain a per capita service level of 0.6 square feet per capita based on 73,000 residents in the Uptown Hub. In reviewing plans for the Uptown, two sites present themselves as strong candidates to supplement the 12,750 square feet of library space found at South Fletcher’s and build out towards the 43,800 square foot target: • •
An “Uptown Core / Shoppers World Neighbourhood Branch” at 21,500 square feet; A “CAA Neighbourhood Branch” at 10,000 square feet (minimum); and
Such a strategy would create strong geographic distribution within the Uptown, support the higher density land uses being proposed for the area, and reinforce the “20-minute walkable neighbourhoods” approach being advanced by the City of Brampton for those lands. Figure 19: Uptown Hub Concept
Source: Uptown Brampton Urban Community Hub and TransitOriented Communities: Value Creation Toolkit, November 2020 (Draft)
Library Facilities Master Plan Monteith Brown Planning Consultants Ltd. + Perkins & Will
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