Downtown strategy: In support of a strong and mobilized downtown
Downtown Montréal is changing. To strengthen its vitality and attractiveness, the city is focusing on tangible initiatives, which include promoting its neighbourhoods and the winter season, improving safety and cleanliness and accelerating growth-generating projects downtown.
Increasing the number of people downtown at all times and in all seasons
Downtown Montréal faces various challenges, like all major cities in the world such as the digitization of the economy and growth of virtual activities, climate change, changing consumption habits and people with vulnerabilities.
But it is above all the decrease in numbers of workers due to remote working that has had the greatest impact on downtown. Remote working has decreased the demand for office space and the number of people visiting shops. It poses significant risks to the economic and cultural vitality of the city and the province.
Action must be taken now to ensure the long-term economic, social and cultural resilience of Montréal’s downtown.
Acting for the future of downtown: 3 priorities, 9 projects
Highlighting the identity of our neighbourhoods
Strengthen and promote distinctive neighbourhood personalities
Launch a winter strategy of activities and urban attractions
Promote the Latin Quarter as a showcase of our French-language heritage
Focus on vibrant mixed-use neighbourhoods
Create 2 new inhabited neighbourhoods in Montréal’s historic “Les Faubourgs” and “Bridge-Bonaventure” sectors
Consolidate downtown’s position in the areas of life sciences and health, technology, and cultural and creative industries
Prioritize investments in existing buildings
Creating pleasant and safe green routes
Accelerate the development of Phase 3 of the Quartier international
Launch new active mobility zones
Improve the cleanliness of public spaces, building maintenance and traffic obstruction management
Living the downtown experience to the fullest
Downtown Montréal has so much to offer. More than ever, we want people to choose downtown to live, work, study, innovate, shop, go out and have fun.
An integrated and coordinated approach
The 2030 strategy for downtown was inspired by productive discussions with several key actors in the city, which led to an initial diagnosis:
It aligns with the priorities of our flagship documents, including Montréal 2030. It’s another element in our current actions to improve social coexistence, mobility and a sense of safety downtown.
The strategy will be implemented in consultation with our downtown partners and other levels of government. It will be the subject of pubic announcements as projects develop.
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