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Jason Markusoff, Calgary Herald
Published: Saturday, November 01, 2008
Calgary’s property developers and home builders are hailing a revised city growth blueprint that’s not “as scary” as it appeared months ago, when their associations demanded city hall delay its plan so they could lobby for changes.
Two of Calgary’s most influential lobbies — the Urban Development Institute and Canadian Home Builders Association-Calgary Region — had expressed fears that the new land-use and transportation plans under the Plan It Calgary project would choke off expansion of new suburbs and virtually spell the end of the single-family detached house.
But city officials stress that Plan It Calgary will welcome growth on undeveloped land, although future emphasis will remain on population growth in existing neighbourhoods, with less sprawl overall.
- A model shows the proposed Brentwood Station plan, looking south. (City of Calgary)
Source: CBC News
City hall wants to build an “urban village” around a northwest C-Train stop, a plan that is unpopular with some of the people living near the transit hub.
Calgary’s planning commission approved the Brentwood Station Area Redevelopment plan Thursday. The plan will now go to council for approval, likely in December.
Continue reading ‘Urban Village plan for Brentwood passes 1st hurdle’
