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\nHutchison Street in Milton Park, aka the McGill Ghetto<\/i><\/p>\n

The neighbourhood of Milton-Parc is tucked into a corner of downtown between McGill University and the mountain. The area has been known for community engagement and co-operative housing projects that are home to some 1,500 of its 11,000 residents. Green space is scarce. After months of meetings and public forums the Urban Ecology Centre of Montreal has published a sustainability plan for the neighbourhood. <\/p>\n

MUEC coordinator Luc Rabouin told the Montreal Mirror<\/a> they’re “implementing helpful changes, like creating community compost bins and giving priority to pedestrians and cyclists on certain streets during specific times of the day.” The MUEC emphasizes community input and involvement. Citizens who are interested can check out the sustainability plan<\/a> online. The plan focuses looks at themes including water conservation, energy consumption, waste management, transportation and the interconnectedness of humans and nature. Here’s a summary:<\/p>\n

TRANSPORTATION:<\/span> In terms of transportation they want to widen sidewalks, install more bike racks and improve bike lanes to encourage more active transportation. They want to set up bike-share and car-share programs and work with the Montreal police to prevent bike theft. <\/span><\/p>\n

WASTE: <\/span>The province is committed to reducing waste by 60 per cent by 2008, but as the city has been slow-moving in reaching this goal, individual areas are taking the matter into their own hands. Pointe-Claire and Cote-St-Luc have undertaken curbside compost pickup. In the Milton-Parc sustainability plan, reducing landfill waste to zero is the ultimate goal. A waste audit \u2013 rummaging through the trash \u2013will help determine the needs of the community and to track progress. Community composting is part of the project, as is the establishment of a “tool lending library” and workshops on reusing and recycling materials like wood and cloth. To make it easier to deal with large waste like old appliances, they want to set up a drop-off point in the neighbourhood as well as a second-hand store for used household goods.<\/p>\n

<\/span>ENERGY: <\/span>To reduce energy some of the ideas include financial or tax incentives for business, retrofitting older buildings and experimentation with “small-scale, decentralized and renewable energy projects (wind, sun and biomass).” <\/span><\/p>\n

WATER<\/span>: Rainwater collection, grey-water re-use and green rooftops are some of the proposed pilot projects. Larger projects include opening streams that used to run through the neighbourhood in a “physical, visual or symbolic sense.” Reducing water use in the home is also a priority. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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