Canmore, AB - Construction, food, living here and photos

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21C today so we headed up Yamnuska

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A nice little video by Spring Creek sharing the history of its development.

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Canmore continues to be the outlier in Alberta due to housing costs and relatively low average wages.

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2022's living wage data (ranked highest to lowest)

Canmore: $32.75;
Fort McMurray: $22.50;
Calgary: $22.40;
St. Albert: $22.40;
Cochrane: $22.35;
Rocky Mountain House: $21.85;
Edmonton: $21.40;
Drumheller: $21.20;
Spruce Grove: $20.70;
Stony Plain: $20.40;
Lethbridge: $20.30;
Drayton Valley: $19.65;
Grande Prairie: $19.65;
Red Deer: $19.65; and
Medicine Hat: $17.50.

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-s...ests-1.6152318

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Plan for 3rd nordic spa springs up west of Calgary

Boutique hotel group secures land to build hydrotherapy pools in Canmore

Helen Pike - CBC News

https://www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.or.../amp/1.6652169

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Our first big snowfall last night ~20cm.

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Banff National Park's new report is out:

Expert advisory panel on moving people sustainably in the Banff Bow Valley, August 2022

Key strategy 1: Reduce private vehicle arrivals
Key strategy 2: Create mobility hubs
Key strategy 3: Improve & diversify public transportation options
Key strategy 4: Develop & encourage active transportation
Key strategy 5: Create a comprehensive & unified transportation service
Key strategy 6: Develop partnerships with stakeholders & Indigenous Peoples
Key strategy 7: Use pricing as a tool to influence behaviour
Key strategy 8: Better understand visitor experience & transportation use

https://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/...advisory-panel

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Not quite in Canmore, but as there appears to be no thread for Banff…sadly, the Hudson Bay store in Banff is permanently closing. Even though it’s the company’s smallest retail location, I’m surprised it’s $/sq ft isn’t high enough to be considered a viable/profitable operation. Hopefully the building doesn’t stay vacant/un-redeveloped for long.

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Originally Posted by YYCguys

Not quite in Canmore, but as there appears to be no thread for Banff…sadly, the Hudson Bay store in Banff is permanently closing. Even though it’s the company’s smallest retail location, I’m surprised it’s $/sq ft isn’t high enough to be considered a viable/profitable operation. Hopefully the building doesn’t stay vacant/un-redeveloped for long.

Oh that is a bit of a loss, I somehow always make a small stop in there when I'm traveling through Banff. It's an icon for that town that is different than an HBC in some suburban mall in a major city.

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Provincial Court of Appeal rules Three Sisters Village, Smith Creek area structure plans to proceed

The Three Sisters Mountain Village Properties Limited Smith Creek and Three Sisters Village area structure plans will proceed, per an Alberta Court of Appeal ruling.
Greg Colgan

https://www.rmoutlook.com/canmore/pr...roceed-7630838

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Canmore, AB is in the midst of a next boom cycle with a good amount of projects in the hopper.

A pretty well thought out mixed-use project got approval. Light industrial, retail, employee housing and market rental housing.


Three Sisters mixed-use


New Downtown/mainstreet infill


New GMC dealership


Another condo


Condos and 'tourist homes'


Also, some good looking new purpose built rental.


New commercial mixed-use at the end of Main Street


Next to a newly renovated hotel a 'nordic spa'


New hotel


Another new hotel


A unique project on unused lands of a school board that will have 20 staff housing, 20 non-market and 80 market townhouses.


Source
https://www.canmore.ca/your-communit...ngapplications

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A really cool historical retrospective and podcast.

https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/canmor...sters-part-one