Susan Mark, executive director of Facility Services (right), points out some elements on a map of planned changes to the campus.
The verdict is in: the Campus Master Plan will position the University of Windsor for the future, according to people who crowded into the Medical Education Building Thursday to view conceptual drawings and speak with architects and planning officials from the University and the city.
Mauricz Erhard, a Walkerville resident, said he looks forward to the additional green spaces envisioned for the esplanade areas.
“It certainly is a major improvement of the aesthetics from the outside,” he said as he examined artists’ renderings.
First-year medical student Jasmin Nari, a UWindsor chemistry grad, expressed some concerns she hopes to see addressed as the plans become reality.
“I like the idea of the green space but I am worried about the traffic backlog,” Nari said. “As it is, it is usually pretty busy in the mornings for drop-off points—which I guess is an argument for closing the street to cars.”
Students, staff and faculty took the opportunity to look over maps detailing changes, as did neighbours living on California Avenue, who received personal invitations to learn about changes planned for that street to accommodate changed vehicle patterns necessitated by the anticipated closure of Sunset Avenue.
Organizers of the service would like to hear from volunteers interested in participating in a student-produced film, as an actor, a designer, or a technician.