Connect Downtown: Planning a Vibrant Town Centre
Overview
We are developing an Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP) for Canmore’s downtown. An ARP lays out a comprehensive vision supported by a land use concept, a public realm plan, and a set of supporting development policies that will work in unison over the next 25 years to the year 2050.
Connect Downtown will address several interconnected topics that will shape the future of our downtown spaces, including the future look, feel, and function of Main Street, how we move through downtown, ways to integrate more housing, and reimagining downtown parks and open spaces.
As we develop the plan, there is an opportunity for the public to shape the future experience of the area – how people live, experience, and travel downtown.
Get Involved
We want to hear from you about our proposed strategies for downtown.
- Take our survey from July 15 to Aug. 6, 2024 for a chance to win a $100 gift card to a downtown business of your choice
- Visit our pop-up engagement from July 15 to Aug. 2, 2024 at Elevation Place. We will have team members on site to answer your questions on market days between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on July 18, July 25, and Aug. 1.
Get Informed
- Read the Vision Document and What We Heard Report from the Vision phase of the project.
- Read our information booklet that provides an overview of our proposed strategies for downtown.
- Read the existing Town Centre Enhancement Concept Plan
How We Will Use Your Input
Based on recent engagement, we developed a project vision with ten big ideas that outlines "where we want to go" for the downtown ARP. You can review the Vision Document and What We Heard Report that reflects the input we received from the community and will guide the next phases of the project.
We now want to know what you think of some potential strategies that to advance the vision. Your feedback throughout the process will be considered and reflected in the final plan that will be considered by Town Council in early 2025.
Contact
To learn more, contact our team by email at communications@canmore.ca
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We are developing an Area Redevelopment Plan for Canmore’s downtown, a project named Connect Downtown. The Area Redevelopment Plan will support the continued evolution and long-term vibrancy of the Town’s core to the year 2050. As we develop the plan, there is an opportunity for the public to shape the future of the area – how people experience, interact, and travel downtown.
About this Survey
The first phase of Connect Downtown is to learn from you: what you love, what you don’t, and what you want your future downtown to be. Your feedback will help shape the concepts we bring to the community for input in the summer of 2024 and will contribute to the final vision for the future of downtown.
This short and anonymous survey contains 27 questions and will take up to 15 minutes to complete. Questions are optional and may be skipped. The survey is divided into two main sections: Your Experience Downtown Today – to share your current experience of downtown, and Your Vision for a Future Downtown – to imagine what you want to see in the downtown of 2050.
If you complete this survey and provide your email address, you will be entered to win a $100 gift card to a downtown Canmore business of your choice. The winner will be contacted directly the week of March 4, 2024.
The Town of Canmore is collecting your personal information under the authority of section 33c of the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This information will be used to develop a Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan. If you have any questions about the collection of your personal information, you may contact the Town of Canmore Planning Department at 403.678.1543, 902 7 Avenue, Canmore, AB, T1W3K1.
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