Canadian Urban Institute announces Brownie Award Finalists

The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) in collaboration with FCM Green Municipal Fund and the Canadian Brownfields Network has announced the following 2015 CUI Brownie Award shortlisted projects and/or programs:

REPROGRAM Legislation, Policy & Procurement

• City of Vancouver Metropolitan Core Jobs & Economy Land Use Plan, Vancouver, BC
• Technopôle Angus, Montreal, QC
• Edmonton Brownfield Redevelopment Grant Program, City of Edmonton, AB

REMEDIATE Sustainable Remediation & Technological Innovation

• Mississauga Road LID Pilot Project, Region of Peel, ON
• The Metalworks, Guelph, ON
• Technopôle Angus, Montreal, QC

REINVEST Financing, Risk Management & Partnerships

• City of Edmonton’s Brownfield Redevelopment Grant Program, Edmonton, AB
• The Metalworks, Guelph, ON
• Technopôle Angus, Montreal, QC

REBUILD Project Development: Building Scale

• Queen Richmond Centre West Commercial Office Project, Toronto, ON
• 151 West Hastings Street, Ormidale Block, Vancouver, BC
• Performance Court, 150 Elgin, Ottawa, ON
• 60 Atlantic Avenue, Toronto, ON
• On the GO MIMICO, Mississauga, ON

RENEW Project Development: Neighbourhood Scale

• Meridian Centre, St Catharines, ON
• Uptown Saanich, Saanich, BC
• The Metalworks, Guelph, ON
• Queens Quay Revitalization, Toronto, ON
• Northdale: A Near Campus Neighbourhood, Waterloo, ON

REACH OUT Communications, Marketing & Public Engagement

• Zibi, Windmill Development Group, Ottawa, ON and Gatineau, QC
• Canadian-Netherlands Resilient Cities Summit: Planning & Design in a Changing Climate, Toronto, ON
• CBN’s Founding Core Group – 10^th Anniversary

The jury also congratulates Grant Walsom, Director, Canadian Brownfields Network, recipient of the 2015 CUI Brownfielder of the Year award. The jury made a special award to the Canadian Brownfields Network in recognition of its achievements on behalf of the industry over the past decade.

The winners will be announced at the CUI Brownie Awards gala, held as part of INVE$TABLE CITY: 2015 Canadian Urban Forum on Thursday, October 8.