4 | Halifax
and a docking station for the vibrant cruise
ship industry. All told, the port of Halifax
generates over 11,000 jobs and $1.5-billion
in economic impact each year. Remarkably,
while generating revenue and constantly de-
veloping the waterfront, Halifax has never
over expanded its port, leaving, for example,
Pier 21 - the site where over one million émi-
grés entered Canada for the first time - intact
as an important historical monument and
museum (which itself garners over $2.5-mil-
lion per year in revenue). This trend is clear
in Halifax’s development: forward thinking
matched with mindful preservation.
This is, at least, what Peter Duncan, Man-
ager of Infrastructure for theHalifax Region-
al Municipality (HRM) believes. While he
acknowledges that there are not, necessarily,
big-ticket projects and developments com-
ing out of Halifax and creating a country-
wide buzz, there are initiatives on the books
that he is proud to help from the ground up.
One of which is the procurement of funding
for long-term development, including a land
use plan that is intended to guide the physi-
cal growth and development of the HRM
for the next 25 years, which plans for 25%
growth in urban areas, 50% in the suburbs,
