Holmwood Suburban Development Area (SDA) is an area in

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(

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). It is a part of the east side community of Saskatoon. It lies at the far east end of the city boundaries with the

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of Corman Park No. 344. The area was annexed by the city on August 1, 2010 and the SDA development plan was approved on April 16, 2012. Land preparation worked started in 2012. Prior to development into a SDA the area was predominantly agricultural land and also housed the Sundown

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that operated off

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(a.k.a. College Drive) from 1963. The origin of the Holmwood name is unknown, but it is taken from

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's 1913 planning map, which showed potential locations for many communities; Yorath's proposed Holmwood was placed on the map roughly where the Holmwood SDA is situated now. It is not yet known whether the name Holmwood will actually be applied to any of the communities planned for the SDA, although there is precedent with the Blairmore SDA, located on the opposite site of Saskatoon from Holmwood, applying its name to the Blairmore Suburban Centre. The development plan calls for a central suburban centre made up of mid-rise building and commercial development surrounded by multiple residential neighbourhoods. Residential development is expected to start on the far western side of the SDA near the

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tracks. The layout for the first community within Holmwood,

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, was released by the City of Saskatoon on its zoning map dated June 9, 2014. Brighton is bordered by East College Park to the west, College Drive to the north, 8th Street to the south, and a realignment of McOrmond Drive (construction of which commenced in 2014) forming the eastern boundary.

Education

The SDA houses a

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Kernen Prairie Experimental Farm. The experimental farm also hosts one of the sites for the

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. At present no community schools have been established, pending residential development.

Transportation

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enters this north eastern SDA of Saskatoon as College Drive. To the east Highway 5 runs to Humboldt, and

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to the

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border. Portions of a planned perimeter highway will pass through Holmwood. Overland routes into the area at present include 8th Street East, Zimmerman Road and

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, with 8th and McOrmond announced as being major routes for the region moving into the future (Zimmerman is on the planned alignment of the perimeter highway and thus will be removed in the future). The area is currently (2015) not served by city transit due to urban development not yet taking place.

References

External links

Holmwood SDA
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