Green space for money

The bottleneck of Canmore's population growth and the Bow valley wildlife corridor means there will be clashes. The majority of us practice "wildsmart" and acknowledge the animals' rights to use the very limited green space available in Canmore. This is what makes Canmore unique....

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Published inRocky Mountain Outlook
Main Author Falconer, Rob
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canmore, Alta Postmedia Network Inc 20.11.2014
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Canmore
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Summary:The bottleneck of Canmore's population growth and the Bow valley wildlife corridor means there will be clashes. The majority of us practice "wildsmart" and acknowledge the animals' rights to use the very limited green space available in Canmore. This is what makes Canmore unique. Canmore citizens know that green space once lost to rezoning and development is never recoverable. A public use district is part of the 10 per cent municipal reserve green space set aside at the time a development is approved by the town. Larch Park was developed with the Town's consent and sold by those same BOWDA members who agreed to the public use zoning in those development applications. Unhappy with those results, a second design session that presumes rezoning is announced by Town Administration and BOWDA is specifically invited to discuss redevelopment. How little BOWDA cares about wildlife and the existing community around Larch Park is self-evident when you view their proposals for massive residential and commercial development at the Larch Park site.