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Message from Tim Simmonds, Chief Corporate Initiatives and Intergovernmental Relations 
 
The City of Vaughan has been without a downtown since its beginnings as a collection of local communities. Each of these – Concord, Kleinburg, Maple, Thornhill and Woodbridge – boasted their own set of characteristics and historic core areas.
 
Fast forward to today and Vaughan is one of fastest-growing municipalities in Canada with a population of more than 320,000, and annual building permits averaging $1 billion every year across all building types.
This incredible growth, coupled with the goal to make Vaughan a world-class city, inspired Council in 2010 to create a vision for a single downtown for the City and its five historic communities – naming it The Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC). The VMC will be a vibrant, modern, dynamic urban centre for all citizens, employees, visitors and businesses that in time will become the heart of the City – economically, culturally and physically.

Over the course of the past three years, much success has been achieved on a development-by-development basis such as – the VMC Subway Station, EXPO City and the SmartCentres KPMG office development. This work, aligned with Council’s objectives, will ensure that when the subway begins operations in the next 24 to 36 months, the initial form of development is in place.

Today, staff across all commissions continues to be focused on more than 20 City-initiated projects in the VMC that are dependent on each other to varying degrees, with all having multiple sub-projects.
To ensure that Council’s vision becomes a reality, the consolidated project leadership for the VMC implementation and facilitation has been assigned to the Executive Director, Office of the City Manager.
 
 

 Contact Information

 
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Chief Corporate Initiatives and Intergovernmental Relations
905-832-8585 ext. 8427
tim.simmonds@vaughan.ca

Development Planning
905-832-2281 ext. 8924
developmentplanning@vaughan.ca

Economic Development and Culture Services
905-832-2281 ext. 8472
ecdev@vaughan.ca
 
Vaughan City Hall
2141 Major Mackenzie Dr.
Vaughan, ON L6A 1T1
 
 

 Related Links

 
  • VMC video
  • TYSSE
  • VivaNext
  • Metrolinx Mobility Hubs
  • York Region transit-oriented development guidelines
  • Newsroom
 

 Additional Resources

 
  • York Region
  • Province of Ontario
  • Government of Canada
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