Highlights
- Winnipeg, along with 63 cities from across the globe have committed to the Montreal Pledge – Cities United in Action for Biodiversity, January 2024 montreal.ca/en/articles/montreal-pledge-call-cop15-launched-to-worlds-cities-39529
- Urban Forestry Strategy funded in full in 2024-2027 City Budget, March 2024
- Urban Forestry Strategy approved by City Council, December 14 2023
- Support the protection of Lemay Forest https://savelemayforest.ca/
- Link to Shelley Sweeney's presentation - Asile Ritchot Cemetery in Lemay Forest https://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/dmis/ViewPdf.asp?SectionId=717178&isMobile=yes
OURS-Winnipeg (Outdoor Urban Recreational Spaces – Winnipeg) is a city-wide, community-based, greenspace advocate organization with a focus on urban greenspace, natural and river corridors and the urban forest. Parks, greenspace and natural areas are essential to making Winnipeg an attractive place to live, work and visit. With good planning and care they will be here for generations to come.
OURS continues to urge the City of Winnipeg to initiate consultations for the development of planning documents and policy that preserve and enhance the natural amenities of Winnipeg. OURS-Winnipeg will continue to monitor developments pertaining to and will advocate for good stewardship of our valuable greenspace resources that belong to us all.
The City of Winnipeg needs to develop an urban vision by enacting a Master Plan for Greenspace that reflects the intrinsic cultural, economic and ecological value of our natural assets and that includes:
1. An Urban River Corridor Plan that includes all rivers and streams
2. An Urban Parks Plan
3. A Comprehensive Urban Forest Management Plan and a public and private tree bylaw
4. Accessible green space and natural areas for all
OURS-Winnipeg has consistently called for timely and meaningful public consultations involving a broad participation of citizens prior to any significant planning decisions being taken by the City of Winnipeg.
Read more…
2022 Winnipeg Alternative Municipal Budget, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
2018 Winnipeg Alternative Municipal Budget, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Greenspace Chapter of 2018 Alternative Budget
OURS-Winnipeg Master Greenspace Plan - 2014
OURS continues to urge the City of Winnipeg to initiate consultations for the development of planning documents and policy that preserve and enhance the natural amenities of Winnipeg. OURS-Winnipeg will continue to monitor developments pertaining to and will advocate for good stewardship of our valuable greenspace resources that belong to us all.
The City of Winnipeg needs to develop an urban vision by enacting a Master Plan for Greenspace that reflects the intrinsic cultural, economic and ecological value of our natural assets and that includes:
1. An Urban River Corridor Plan that includes all rivers and streams
2. An Urban Parks Plan
3. A Comprehensive Urban Forest Management Plan and a public and private tree bylaw
4. Accessible green space and natural areas for all
OURS-Winnipeg has consistently called for timely and meaningful public consultations involving a broad participation of citizens prior to any significant planning decisions being taken by the City of Winnipeg.
Read more…
2022 Winnipeg Alternative Municipal Budget, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
2018 Winnipeg Alternative Municipal Budget, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Greenspace Chapter of 2018 Alternative Budget
OURS-Winnipeg Master Greenspace Plan - 2014
