The Northern Hills Community Association has been asked for our position on the City of Calgary Guidebook for Great Communities.
As an Association, our vision is that the Northern Hills will be a vibrant, diverse, inclusive and sustainable community.
We continue to lack the necessities of a sustainable community including the Greenline, the Harvest Hills/Country Hills Elementary School, the 24-hour Urgent Care Centre/lab services initially funded in 2006, community gathering spaces, and other infrastructure. All of these were planned long before the Guidebook and still have not been delivered.
Whether the Guidebook for Great Communities achieves its goals or not is in large part up to the interpretation of the guidelines by city planners, desires of the developers, and whether or not the community has meaningful input into local area plans and interim projects. The Northern Hills communities are currently placed in the “Other” category and not a focus of the current version of the Guidebook.
Our focus is on what’s best for our communities, and we will continue to advocate for and work with our elected representatives to ensure we are sustainable, using whatever tools we have available to do so.
Best regards,
NHCA Team
