reGENERATE Ideas Challenge invites all those interested to submit ideas about how to reimagine New Westminster 22nd Street Station to become a climate-friendly neighbourhood where everyone can thrive. The area around the 22nd Street SkyTrain Station is identified in the City’s Official Community Plan (OCP) for higher-density development, with good access to transit and amenities. With input from the community, and in collaboration with local First Nations, the City is developing a vision for the future of this neighbourhood.

This vision will help set the land use framework to enable growth and change in alignment with community aspirations and priorities. To support the City’s commitment to climate action, the vision will focus on identifying how to create a climate-friendly future. This vision will show how the area can transform into a place where people can live better with the effects of climate change, and to help stop climate effects from getting worse over time.

Evaluation Criteria:

• Adherence: Does the submission adhere to the challenge parameters and submission requirements?
• Creativity & Innovation: How creative and innovative is the idea? Does it inspire one to approach things differently, use creative or new methods?
• Relevance to Local Context: How appropriate is the idea to the specifics of the local context of the neighbourhood around the 22nd Street SkyTrain Station, Connaught Heights Neighbourhood, and the City of New Westminster? How feasible is implementation of the solution?
• Values Aligned: How does the idea address one or more of the “foundational values” of Climate
  Action, Truth and Reconciliation, and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion to help enable the City of New Westminster to catalyze change towards a climate-friendly neighbourhood?
• Communication & Clarity: How compelling is the narrative, presentation, and description of the idea?

Eligibility:

• Entry is open to everyone – community members, students, designers, urban development professionals — from New Westminster and anywhere else in the world. There are no professional or education qualifications required.
  

Awards:

• Top Comprehensive Idea ($5,000) | The winning idea from all submissions received will provide a
  comprehensive concept for the area, considering multiple challenge themes (i.e. landscape, land
  use, mobility, etc). These ideas must be at the Station Area or Neighbourhood scale.
• Top Local Community Idea ($2,000) | The top idea from a New Westminster resident or team of residents. This idea may not address all of the challenge themes but it ranks well against the evaluation criteria.
• Community’s Choice Award ($1,500) | The public will be invited to vote online on a shortlist of the submissions, to provide an opportunity to celebrate the idea that resonates most with the New Westminster community.
• Top Youth Idea ($500) | The top idea from any individual or team aged up to 30 years old. This idea may not address all of the challenge themes, but ranks well against the evaluation criteria.
• Honourable Mentions ($200) | Additional compelling ideas that reGENERATE want to celebrate and acknowledge.