Bridge Street Re-Imagining Task Force

The Bridge Street Re-imagining Task Force is working with a team of consultants from SHIFT Landscape Architecture to develop a Streetscape Plan for Bridge Street, spanning from Rolph Street to Lisgar Avenue. 

The Task Force is currently seeking input from Tillsonburg residents on a potential long-term vision and streetscape plan.  Public information sessions were held on October 7, 2023 and April 17, 2024.

Have your say on the future of Bridge Street at any time by viewing the streetscape plan and completing the online survey.

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Mandate

The Task Force is a community-based committee (not a Committee of Council) that has been tasked with re-imagining Bridge Street’s streetscape, to develop a Streetscape Plan for the Bridge Street Right-of-Way and adjacent municipally-owned properties. The Task Force is not tasked with any private developments on Bridge Street such as the StationView Development Project.

Task Force Composition

The Bridge Street Re-Imagining Task Force consists of members from area businesses, community partners, property owners, and Town of Tillsonburg staff. 

Members

  • Autumn Simeays (Administrative Assistant, Station Arts)
  • Hannah Domagala (Director, Land Development & Design, BMI Group)
  • Heather Cnockaert (Secretary, Station Arts)
  • Jesse Goosens (Partner, TGA LLP)
  • John Veldman (Task Force Vice Chair, Managing Partner, BMI Group)
  • Lisa Gilvesy (Owner, Jenkins & Gilvesy Law Firm)
  • Mark Renaud (Executive Director, Tillsonburg BIA)
  • Mark Tedesco (Tillsonburg BIA)
  • Mike Bossy (Task Force Chair, BNG CPA)
  • Tabitha Verbuyst (Executive Director/Curator, Station Arts)
  • Tim Norris (Owner, Orange Door Acres Farm)
  • Vanessa Fortner (Events & Marketing Coordinator, Tillsonburg BIA)

Town of Tillsonburg Staff Members

  • Bob Parsons, Councillor
  • Cephas Panschow, Development Commissioner
  • Geno Vanhaelewyn, Chief Building Official
  • Jonathan Graham, Director of Operations and Development
  • Julie Columbus, Director of Recreation, Culture and Parks

For information contact:
Mike Bossy, Task Force Chair, mrbossy@bng-cpa.ca

Public Sessions

Tillsonburg residents are invited to participate in the process by sharing their vision for Bridge Street to help re-imagine future ways that Bridge Street’s streetscape can be enhanced while ensuring a safe and leisurely pedestrian and traffic flow.
Share your ideas for Bridge Street at the public engagement sessions:
  • April 17, 2024 
    Tillsonburg Town Centre (Centre Court), 200 Broadway
    2:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  • October 7, 2023
    Pop-up event at Tillsonburg Farmer’s Market from 9 AM - 11 AM

Streetscape Plan

A conceptual Streetscape Plan has been developed by Shift Landscape Architecture with input from the Task Force and the October 2023 public information session and we are looking for feedback from Tillsonburg residents. The Streetscape Plan will evolve as feedback like yours is incorporated to ensure the project responds to the needs of our community.

Take the survey below and have your say! 
Bridge Street Streetscape Plan
Take the Survey

Related Documents

Lets Talk Bridge Street Information Sheet

Development Commissioner

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