Real Estate

“Parking kills housing – this is a truth in the Town of Banff,” said Darren Enns, director of planning and development for the Town of Banff.

A pair of development proposals will head to a public hearing in what could be precedent-setting for future planning applications.

“We’re seeing that impact not only the community and its ability to retain community members and build a place that people want to call home for the future, but it’s also beginning to impact the labor force and our ability to retain and attract workers, whether that be in tourism and hospitality or nursing or teachers.”

"My No. 1 goal is to increase the number of bedrooms available for our residents as opposed to our visitors,” said Coun. Barb Pelham.

“I’m not trying to get in the way of development, but there’s dust and I can see this not being received well by the community. That’s what we have to look out for.”

“It’s really important to consider that is one of the only tools we have as a municipality to see increased energy efficiency, reduction of greenhouse gases and to meet climate targets that there is definitely support in our community that buildings meet,”

“I believe the relatively small negative impacts are far outweighed by the positive implications.”

“We want to thank the visionaries behind some of this because we really feel they are spot on."

A large jump in property assessment in Canmore has the median residential property within eyeshot of $1 million.

The Lawrence Grassi Middle School area redevelopment plan will head to at least one more public hearing.