silverdale
Fraser Valley | Mission, BC
With its dramatic hillside setting overlooking the Fraser River, the Central Neighbourhood Plan represents the first completed neighbourhood in Mission’s designated Silverdale urban growth area. Reflecting the development of a more complete and walkable urban, mixed-use community, we are proud of our continuing work in guiding the strategic growth of Mission as part of a more sustainable region.
CLIENT
City of Mission and Polygon Homes
DATE
2018-2023
LOCATION
Fraser Valley | Mission, BC
SCALE
1,800+ acres | 10,470 homes
WEBSITE
SERVICES
Community Planning
Urban Design
Land Development
Resort Design
Public Engagement
Spanning over 1800 acres of second-growth forest, the vision for the Central Neighbourhood Plan is predicated on sensitively integrating growth through principles of sustainability towards fostering a more complete urban community within Silverdale.
The Plan provides for the phased development of a sustainable, mixed-use community structured according to a series of walkable neighbourhood centers, connected network of public parks and trails, offering a full range of housing forms estimated at 10,470 homes with a projected population of 24,400.
Designed to leverage the hillside’s natural features and defining views, the Plan provides for a series of socially-diverse, mixed-use urban neighbourhoods linked together through a network of public parks – setting aside over 40% of the lands as part of the Silverdale Legacy Forest Park – and accessed by a multi-modal transportation network of traffic-calmed streets, tree-lined pathways and forest trails.
Placemark continues to build on this legacy with designs that celebrate all that Fraser Valley living has to offer.
Process + Entitlements
- Silverdale Comprehensive Planning Area Master Infrastructure Strategy | 2020
- Silverdale Central Neighbourhood Plan | 2022
Paul Fenske and his team continue to lead the planning of Silverdale as Placemark, reflecting the long-term working relationship, expertise and legacy built with the City of Mission and Polygon by while at Ekistics.
The Central Neighbourhood Plan was designed by EKISTICS Town Planning Inc. between 2020-2022. Fenske actively participated in the design of the project. The design is the intellectual property of EKISTICS and cannot be used, adapted, copied, or published without the express written consent of EKISTICS.