Cassidy Ritz

, Project Manager, SIPA, City of Toronto

Cassidy has a Masters degree in Environmental Studies (Planning) from York University and over 12 years of professional planning experience. She joined the City Planning Division in 2005 from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. She worked as a Community Planner in North York and Toronto and East York Districts In North York District, she worked on a wide variety of complex development applications and the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension. She was also the project manager and prime author of the York University Secondary Plan. In the Toronto and East York District, Cassidy worked on the interdivisional team that reviewed and evaluated new casino uses in the City. She is currently project managing a series of complex planning studies in the Port Lands area, including developing a planning framework for the 350 hectare area, developing a precinct plan for the Film Studio District and undertaking a Municipal Class EA process for the Port Lands and South of Eastern area. She recently joined the City Planning Division's newest unit – Strategic Initiatives – as a Project Manager and is leading the Growth, Built Form and Infrastructure Review currently underway in the Yonge and Eglinton area. 

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