With the housing affordability crisis and now COVID-19, more and more people are looking beyond Toronto and the GTA for a place to call home. As part of this, Barrie is maturing and setting the stage for what it will be in the future. A significant amount of the city’s growth is being directed through intensification and Barrie’s Urban Growth Centre (UGC) is playing a key part.

Join us for a candid discussion on the evolving future of Barrie, and the role the UGC will continue to play in helping transform Barrie into a destination. We will discuss the city’s growth from not just a planning and economic lens, but a cultural and social one, too.

Moderator:
Andrea Miller, RPP, General Manager, Infrastructure & Growth Management Division, City of Barrie

Speakers:
Michelle Banfield, RPP, Director, Development Services, City of Barrie
Michèle Newton, President/Acting Chair and Co-Founder, Making Change
Stephannie Schlichter, Director, Economic & Creative Development, City of Barrie