posted on March 28: Board of Governors approves campus master plan

McMaster now has a campus master plan to guide growth and change at the University for the next 30 years.

The Board of Governors approved the document at its meeting yesterday(March 27). Senate approved the final campus master plan at its March 13 meeting.

“We're really excited about this plan,” said Karen Belaire, vice-president administration and chair of the campus plan steering committee.

“There's lots of interest and a lot of excitement.”

Belaire said staff have begun using the plan with building projects that are now under development.

Cited as a “living document,” the plan provides planning principles, a parking strategy, stewardship for heritage preservation, open spaces and the natural environment, management of traffic demands and guidelines for building community partnerships. It will be reviewed annually and updated.

The next steps will be to develop an implementation policy protocol and finalize a campus plan brochure.

The University began developing a new campus plan in November 2000, working with Urban Strategies Consulting. The steering committee and consultants conducted extensive consultation with various stakeholders and held a visioning workshop and two open houses to gather input on the draft document.