9000 Acre Development Secures a Strong Future for Cranbrook BC
The Shadow Mountain Development pushed the boundaries of the City of Cranbrook as far as the St. Marys River earlier this year. Now bold moves are being made, fueled by the Airport Expansion, a strong local economy and forward thinking municipal and regional governments, to ensure a clear path for strong steady growth for the Cranbrook area over the next 50 years.
Calgary-based Brown and Associates Planning Group sought a boundary extension on the east side of the city for huge housing and recreational development to be known as the Novak / Ramparts Lands.
Council passed the unanimous motion authorizing proposed boundary extension to accommodate the 9000 acre development which will include thousands of acres of public open space as well as several residential communities, a business Park, commercial developments, a ski resort, golf courses, several potential school sites, artificial lakes and massive Park area.
Acting Mayor Scott Manjak cautioned that the time frame for the project could be 50 years but expressed great enthusiasm for the basic concepts of the development.
“It would surely be a lasting legacy for the city,” he said, adding the project represents the residential values, recreational values and my own diversity values the city is promoting through its official community plan.
Brown and Associates Town Planner Paul Mercer said the project is in the very preliminary stages yet and gave no cost figures or numbers in terms of how many people may ultimately live there. He unveiled a series of large overhead schematics showing counsel the potential scope of the project.
The schematics showed an area larger than Cranbrook itself on the east side of the city accessed by Baker Mountain Road on the east side and a connection to Highway 3 on the east. The property extends almost to Philips reservoir in the South and Highway 3 nearer Isador Canyon in the North.
The boundary on the map also includes the community forest on the West, but the forest lies on crown land and is not included in the project, Mercer said. The 800 acre community forest land would be combined with 1200 acres of the Novak / Ramparts land to make a 2000 acres Central Park that would be one of the largest urban parks in North America.
“Inspiration for the project arose from Cranbrook’s rapidly growing development, and the proximity of development property to the city.” Mercer said.
With the Novak / Ramparts project on the long term horizon, the scope of Shadow Mountain Development success is enhanced.
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