A slick new booklet released by the city touting how much urban development has taken place in Saint John and future potential.
Former Chief City Planner Ken Forrest points out there are a lot of old and outdated bylaws on the books that will have to be rewritten.
He says then they need to carefully design a development process to make sure that people can enter the process, provide information and get a permit on the other side as quickly as possible.
Forrest says developers complain they can't figure out what the city wants so there has to be more collaboration to move forward and see more building take place.
