The Poplar Health and Wellness Village

THE POPLAR REGIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS VILLAGE

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THE POPLAR REGIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS VILLAGE

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THE POPLAR REGIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS VILLAGE

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THE POPLAR REGIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS VILLAGE

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THE POPLAR REGIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS VILLAGE

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THE POPLAR REGIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS VILLAGE

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Transforming 130 acres of underutilized land in the heart of Southern Georgian Bay into an innovative, fully integrated, environmentally friendly, and vibrant mixed-use village that will foster complete community health and well-being, attract employers and create quality jobs, generate enduring positive economic impacts and deliver attainable housing for Collingwood and Simcoe County.

THE VISION

The Poplar Regional Health & Wellness Village will deliver Ontario’s premier “Base Camp” for Innovative Health & Wellness, focused on health care, sports medicine, right at the heart of Simcoe County, Collingwood, Clearview and Southern Georgian Bay.

With seven intentionally-planned and interconnected districts that integrate the region’s recreational, social, and cultural assets. Working with the municipality and local community, the vision seeks to catalyse economic growth and diversification, quality job creation, introduce new community services, and meet other community needs and desires.

It will be an authentic, thriving place that improves the lives of generations of Ontarians and Collingwood residents, who want to live longer, live better, and live happier.

Key highlights

~2,200
Purpose-Built Workforce & Supportive Residential Housing Units

~1M SF
Of Medical, Health & Wellness Services

~600K SF
Of Office, Research & Innovation Uses

~$1.65B

Total Development Value During Construction

~$1.95B
Total GDP Contribution

~16,000
Total Construction Jobs Created

ABOUT

Di Poce Management Limited is a Canadian holding and investment company. Privately owned and operated since 1986 by entrepreneur and philanthropist John Di Poce.

Live Work Learn Play (LWLP) is a mission-based international real estate development and advisory firm on the cutting edge of planning, developing, and activating dynamic, large-scale mixed-use complete community projects.

OUR STORY

The heart of this project starts with Mr. John Di Poce and his family’s devotion to helping thousands of people in Ontario and giving back to his community. As a long-time resident of the area and a life-long philanthropist, John and his family have supported education, health care, and innovation in Collingwood and the region. It is with these same deep convictions towards helping others that Mr. Di Poce and his family want to deliver this project as a legacy of community benefits to Collingwood and the region for generations to come.

To help bring this vision to life, Di Poce Management chose Live Work Learn Play because of their prior experience conceiving and delivering transformational projects in Simcoe County and Ontario, as well as their previous work on integrated health and wellness, complete community projects around the world.

Through our development partnership, we have worked together with our team of consultants to create the exciting vision and preliminary plan for this community. At our core, our team’s mission is to create a legacy project that will benefit Collingwood and this community for years to come, and we are committed to working together as co-master developers to curate and nurture this Health and Wellness Village.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Share the vision and project with key stakeholders and the community and launch a perpetual process for ongoing ideation and collaboration.

COMMUNITY INPUT

Gather feedback on what people value, what challenges people face, and opportunities they would like to see considered for the future Village.

PARTICIPATE

Invite ongoing community participation in how they can be a part of this visionary Health & Wellness Village.

Engagement Summary & Answers to Community Questions

Phase 1 Engagement Summary Report

May 31, 2022 Community Consultation

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Teaser Video: May 31, 2022

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“This looks incredible! I live in a nearby subdivision and would absolutely love for this project to come to fruition. Collingwood really needs more health care and recreational facilities and green space... not more housing subdivisions! I really hope to see this come to life in the coming years. Thank you for sharing the details.”

“I think this looks both exciting and promising. We retired here 9 years ago... We are oriented towards Collingwood and would be interested in checking out your aging in place initiative. Transportation to the core of Collingwood might be an issue as we grow older.”

“Long overdue... Workers can't afford to live here, we need doctors, a hospital, jobs and more amenities/recreation for seniors. This is so professionally planned, with wonderful insight into our community's needs for the future!”