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The redevelopment of uptown Waterloo took another step forward last week with the unveiling of First Gulf‘s plans for a project called the "Commons" that will replace the aging Waterloo Town Square Now the wait is on for the first major anchor tenant to sign on with 1 %iu;wqiunau flamm’ 22. Plans unveiled for ambitious uptown redevelopment Chronicle Chronicle Bluevale‘s Josh Morrison wins gold at OFSAA 25 Viewpoint You Said It Arts Calendar Sports Classified 75 Kings St. S.. Suite 201, Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 1p2 Published every Wednesday by The Fairway Group, a division of Southam Inc. Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement # 136379 Garden* *Selected areas only Special Savings on Inâ€"Stock Vehicles Visit Us For Details... INSERTS Grand Valley Bob Vrbanac Chronicle Staff 14 25 31 2500 King St. E., Kitchener Or vasit us at our Website: http //www crosbyywaudi com Wilfrid Laurier University graduates Jill Carter (left) and Jackie Pidduck congratulate each other with a hug following their convocation at the Waterloo Recreation Complex Friday afternoon. the project so that First Gulf can move forward with construction of the ambitious plan The $200,000 model of the redevelâ€" oped uptown, created by Joe Bogdan and Associates of Toronto, was unveiled last Wednesday for the first time at a reception at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Members of the city‘s business, culâ€" tural and educational communities Crosby Audl 2000 School‘s out 894â€"9300 joined city officials in getting their first tangible view of what First Gulf plans for the uptown area The streetscape of the $230â€"million development, including the new and expanded Willis Way which cuts through the middle of the project, As the curtain was pulled back on the model, the crowd of more than 200 surged forward to investigate the minute details of the project "I think Caroline Street will become a dramatically more beautiful street with trees, boulevards, cycle paths and the Iron Horse Trail combined Many were also impressed by the scope of the project which includes new office complexes on Caroline Street, transforming the sleepy uptown causeway into a hub of activâ€" ity caught the attention of most people Andrea Bailey photo 885â€"5091 Residents to have say in shaping Waterloo‘s future Roth siud the project is unique in that it encompasses every area of the city, not just the uptown core area "This will be a citywide exercise," he sard The idea pool is open to everyone â€" from school children to seniors groups, and all those in between "We‘re expecting all sorts of responses," Roth said. "From pictures and drawings to maps and wrnitten submissions." "It‘s definitely a visioning process." said Don Roth, senior planner of the community policy group. "We hope to get ideas of the commumtys shared picture of what Waterlao should look and feel like in the future " And those ideas can deal with a range of issues from the preferred locations of housing, main (Continued on page 5) The city‘s development services department will unveil the Imagine project, its largest public consultation process ever, in the next few weeks, asking for feedback and ideas to help serve as a guide for future planning and development dectâ€" sions Waterloo residents, young and old alike, will soon get their say on what they hope the city will look like in 20 years time. with new residential buildings, which will intensify the vitality and choices for people," said Bogdan, whose 22â€" person architectural firm spent more than 4,000 hours building the scale model Bogdan said the main feature of the redevelopment project will be the changing face of King Street "I think the highlights are a more Andrea Bailey Chronicle Staff (Continued on page 2)