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Neighbourhood pride is alive in Caswell Hill Saskatoon

I’ve visited the Caswell Hill area on several occasions over the past month. I have to say that I’m impressed with the renewal that is happening in what is arguably one of Saskatoon’s most beautiful and charming residential subdivisions. Sure, the area has its challenges and some of the homes have been neglected over time but there is a real sense of community pride that is evident almost everywhere in the neighbourhood.  If you haven’t been there in some time you might enjoy a visit, and autumn is the perfect time to drive Caswell’s tree-lined streets.

Renewal has been underway in Caswell Hill since Saskatoon city council adopted a local area plan in late 2001. City planners developed the plan in cooperation with dedicated members of the community. In the years that followed, several commercial buildings saw serious facelifts and some notable residential developments have been completed in recent years. The T. Eaton Warehouse was successfully converted to luxury lofts, and phase two of that development, the SoCa Lofts is now complete and for sale.

More recently, city planners unveiled the new South Caswell Concept Plan, which will see the bus barns relocated, making way for the redevelopment of two whole city blocks. The plan calls for a number of affordable housing initiatives, some commercial space, a dog park of approximately 8,000 square feet and a 65,000 square foot neighbourhood park space.

It seems to me that some of the bigger challenges for the completion of this renewal lie within a stone’s throw of the city bus barns. When buses are no longer running in and out of this part of the area, and the South Caswell Concept Plan is complete, the few holdouts that remain will surely come along for the ride to renewal.

Congratulations to all who have contributed to the hard work of planning these improvements.

Information from the City of Saskatoon on the South Caswell Concept Plan is here.
Check out Courtney Johnson’s South Caswell Concept Plan blog here.
Caswell Hill ideas ‘brilliant’ by Janet French for the Star Phoenix here.
Check out our neighbourhood profile for Caswell Hill here.
Take a photo tour of the Caswell Hill neighbourhood here.
View homes for sale in Caswell Hill here.

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Norm Fisher
Royal LePage Saskatoon Real Estate