A special meeting is being held on Monday (May 17) at Rocky View Council and you may want to watch the proceedings online. The consultants hired by the CMRB to draft the regional growth plan will be presenting to Rocky… Read More
May 11th Council Meeting
Elbow View ASP Moves Forward Rocky View Council gave Second Reading to the Elbow View ASP this week. The vote was 6-3 in favour, with the formerly sanctioned three Councillors (Kissel, Wright, Hanson) voting against. The Elbow View ASP allows… Read More
May 4th Council Meeting
Bragg Creek Development Green Lighted A 12.54 acre resort style phased condominium development in Bragg Creek, was given the go-ahead. Council voted unanimously in favour of the Gateway Village Master Site Development Plan. The plan includes a hotel and conference… Read More
CMRB Growth Plan
We are getting close to a very important date and we need your help. On June 1st, the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) is slated to hand its proposed regional growth plan over to the province for review. We have… Read More
CAO Hoggan Resigns
Rocky View County CAO Al Hoggan has resigned, accepting a new job as CAO in the municipality of Bonnyville. Hoggan has overseen dramatic change at Rocky View County and will be sorely missed. He was instrumental in improving process for… Read More
Nenshi’s regional board is at war with rural development
With the stroke of a pen arbitrary drawn across a map, many thousands of acres of rural lands surrounding Calgary are about to be sterilized of their economic potential. Land that owners intend to develop – creating thousands of jobs… Read More
Nenshi’s latest power grab over rural communities must be stopped
Nenshi has hired a lobbyist to obtain more powers over the rural communities surrounding Calgary. In Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s world, it’s his way or the highway. That’s why he hired a lobbyist to tell the province that Calgary City… Read More
UCP wants rural investment, but continues to shackle rural municipalities
But those who know how economies actually grow have been waiting on Premier Kenney to finally take action and let Alberta’s rural economic engine grow as only it knows how. When the issue of the Calgary Metropolitan Regional Board made… Read More
Nenshi’s threat to annex surrounding communities is petty bullying
Bruce McAllister writes that Nenshi’s is threatening to annex surrounding communities to sap competition. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi isn’t happy to rule his meagre plot of land; he wants to extend his reach beyond Calgary’s borders over rural and small… Read More
The provincial government is doing to rural Alberta, what Ottawa does to Alberta
Bruce McAllister writes that unelected fourth layers of government are strangling development in rural Alberta. An Alberta showdown is brewing. Alberta oil and gas producers are asking for a tax break and the province is looking at ways to give… Read More
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