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Welcome to ‘Vision New Minas’, a project to develop a Secondary Plan for the Growth Centre of New Minas. This Plan will guide how the community evolves over the coming decades. Read on to find out more about this exciting project, and join the email newsletter below to ensure you are kept up-to-date as the project progresses.


Project News

Market Demand Technical Study Released
2021.02.24

We are pleased to announce the release of the “Market Demand” technical study for the Vision New Minas project. The objective of this study was to forecast opportunities for new retail, office, industrial, accommodation and residential demand in the Growth Centre of New Minas.This will help inform decisions about the types of development that are needed in New Minas and how the Secondary Plan can help fulfill those needs. The study can be found in the “Documents Library” at the bottom of this page.

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Email: hello@visionnewminas.ca
Phone: 902-690-6102

About

What is a Secondary Plan?
In 2019, the Municipality of Kings adopted a new Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law. These are the documents that guide how and where development happens throughout the Municipality. They include the high-level policies for how the Municipality will develop over the coming years, as well as the detailed regulations (e.g. zoning) that put those policies into action.

A Secondary Plan is a “sub-plan” within the Municipal Planning Strategy for a specific area or community, in this case the Growth Centre of New Minas. The Secondary Plan provides detailed policies for that specific area on topics that do not necessarily apply in the rest of the Municipality. The Secondary Plan recognizes the unique characteristics of the community, and helps to represent and reinforce those characteristics.

The New Minas Secondary Plan is currently being developed so the exact contents are still to be determined. However, the project team expects to investigate topics such as the following throughout the engagement process and when developing the actual Secondary Plan:

  • Housing
  • Reinvestment in Commercial Street
  • Parks and open spaces
  • Active transportation (walking, cycling, and wheeling)
  • Development of the lands south of Highway 101, added to the Growth Centre of New Minas as part of the 2019 Municipal Planning Strategy
  • Efficient use of municipal infrastructure
  • Protection of sensitive environments
  • Design guidelines for residential and commercial development

Project Area
A map of the Growth Centre of New Minas

Project Timeline
The overall project is expected to take around two years to complete. The project is broken down as outlined in the following graphic:

A timeline showing project start-up in summer 2020, technical studies from summer 2020 to winter 2020, formative engagement from fall 2020 to winter 2020, develop draft plan in spring 2021, draft engagement in summer 2021, final draft plan in fall 2021, and the adoption process in winter 2021.

Working Group
This project is guided by a Working Group made up of two Municipal Councillors, three Village Commissioners, and seven members of the public, and guided by a Terms of Reference.

Working Group Terms of Reference

Working Group Members
  • Councillor Jim Winsor (Chair)
  • Deputy Mayor Emily Lutz
  • Commissioner James Redmond
  • Commissioner Mary Monroe
  • Commissioner Dave Chaulk
  • Temma Frecker
  • John Sutcliffe
  • John Owen
  • Mark Redmond
  • Jaison Sandhu
  • Michelle Coleman

Technical Studies
The development of the Secondary Plan is being informed by four technical studies that will help the project team to better understand the existing conditions in New Minas and the opportunities and constraints for future development. These studies are currently underway and will address the following topics:

  • Servicing (water, sewer, stormwater runoff)
  • Market demand (commercial, residential, and industrial)
  • Urban design and active transportation
  • Traffic

Project Library

Technical Studies

  • 2021.02.24 - Market Demand Technical Study

Engagement

  • 2020.11.17 - Recording of Project Launch presentation
  • 2020.11.17 – Summary of Project Launch discussion