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I was one of the submitters during that open house back in the day. We had land (and lived at the time) on RR253, South of Strathmore and just North of Glenmore Trail. The planned highway 1 realignment was just going to clip us, but would have cut our neighbours farm right in half. There was...

Piles being screwed in today..

I think they're trying to fix the issue where commercial vehicles exiting Deerfoot N.B. to McKnight E.B. have to immediately cross 3 lanes of traffic to reach the turn lane for Aviation Blvd. There's all sorts of surface transportation/logistics industry in there including large Courier...

Ours is nearly finished. Just a few more carrots and lettuces to pick, another couple rows of beets and the poor old peas are making a desperate attempt to keep flowering. Already pulled the beans and radishes, the dill went to seed mid summer. Got heirloom tomato seeds from a neighbour and...

The Pump Track's coming along. Talked to a couple of local kids who were flying a drone over it watching the construction.. they're 'pumped' about it..(heh) With a nice web of bike paths forming in the area it'll encourage kids to bike along to - what was - an under used corner of the park.

The Court of Queen’s Bench recently issued its decision respecting the restrictive covenants in Banff Trail. link here. If I understand this correctly; The City changed zoning on these lots - to a Direct Control District (DCD) specifically precluding single family dwellings, while the RC permits...

From the NW again - inching higher..

I'm a wheelchair user. For several years we'd fly into Calgary for the summer and stay in the U of C's excellent - and accessible - Summer Residences. My wife's family home was in the NW, less than 3km away across Crowchild Trail. 'An easy 45 minute wheel' I thought at first, not realising...

..and from me it gets the wheelchair stamp of approval 👨‍🦽 How nice to be able to wheel around being 'in the moment' with my kids - instead of always casting ahead to avoid obstacles, steep curbs, uneven paving and oncoming crowds! Looking forward to the park being completed.

I don't hate it as much as I thought I would - it's almost got a mid-century modern vibe going on..

D-map for this site shows 'Permit Pending Release' - after approval back in September 2021. I assume there was a resolution to the covenant issue.