Happy New Year
Happy New Year from the team at Protecting Our Futures!
Protecting Our Futures continues to advance efforts to oppose the development of the proposed hotel and spa in the greenspace adjacent to the Rundleview neighbourhood. We are pleased to provide an update on what we have been up to, including a meeting with the Mayor and attending the developer’s December 2024 Open House, and what actions you can take to Stand for Canmore and Protect the Rundleview Greenspace.
What Protecting our Futures is Doing
Protecting our Futures met with the Mayor and senior members of Town Administration on November 28, 2024. Our objective was to build a good understanding of the development proposal review process and to share our concerns about the development. You can find a summary of this meeting on the Protecting Our Futures Community google drive here.
Committee members, along with many members of the public, attended the developer’s December 5, 2024, Open House, where we learned what we could about the proposed development and expressed our concerns regarding the project. A summary of the Open House, including media coverage, is available on the Protecting Our Futures Community google drive here. Materials presented by the developer at the Open House can be found on the developer’s website on the What’s New Page or in the Protecting Our Futures Community google drive here.
We have been reviewing the reports (required by the Town of Canmore) that have been posted on the developer's website. You can find the list of required reports and completed reports in the Technical Assessments and Reports section of the developer’s website at the bottom of the page. You can also find these reports, as they are published, on the Protecting Our Futures Community google drive here.
Committee members have been consulting with local experts to confirm what mining took place on the Rundleview site, and what the environmental and structural impacts of such activity would be if the site is developed.
We are also considering whether consultants, including an environmental consultant, should be engaged to analyze and respond to the technical reports the developer submits in support of their application. If you are willing to donate to help fund this work, you can do so by sending an interac e-transfer to protectingourfuures@gmail.com or by credit card at Stand for Canmore: Protect Rundleview Greenspace - Donate.
Protecting Our Futures has been actively working with local non-governmental organizations to request that they spread the word about the proposed development to their members.
We continue to spread the word about the development within the Town and need your help to do so! Please keep your networks apprised of the proposed development and ask them to get engaged by signing the petition, making a donation and writing a letter to the RMO editor.
What You Can Do
Let your friends and neighbours know about this proposed hotel and spa development. Send them to our website (www.protectingourfutures.org) where they can learn about the proposed development and why we are opposed to it at this location, and Take Action to oppose the proposed development. To receive updates from Protecting Our Futures, sign up here.
Encourage your family, friends and neighbours to Sign the Petition opposing a hotel and spa at this location. The petition will be presented to Town Council during the Public Hearing process. To date over 500 people have signed the petition, but we would like to see that number much higher. The petition can be found here. You can also spread the word by sharing the petition on social media.
Donate to Protecting Our Futures by sending an interac e-transfer to protectingourfuures@gmail.com or by credit card at Stand for Canmore: Protect Rundleview Greenspace - Action Network. We are hoping to raise $5,000 to $10,000 to fund studies by an environmental consultant and cover administrative and other costs.
Write a letter to the Rocky Mountain Outlook expressing your views by clicking on their Contact Us page and selecting Letter to the Editor from the “Regarding” drop down. We would appreciate receiving a copy of your letter for our records. Please send it to protectingourfutures@gmail.com
We have posters in a number of locations around town. If you see another location without a poster, please let us know at protectingourfutures@gmail.com. We can either put a poster up ourselves or drop off a poster or two for you to put up.
Send us a photo of the Rundleview Greenspace that you’ve taken and we’ll put it on the photo gallery on our website. We are including a photo from the gallery in each newsletter we send. Send your photo to protectingourfutures@gmail.com.
For more information, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at protectingourfutures@gmail.com. You can also find key documents at the Protecting Our Futures Community - Google Drive.