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Bylaws 2021-05 and 2021-06: Opposition to TSMV ASPs

Dear Mayor Krausert and Town Councillors,

I am writing to express my concern over Canadian Rockies Public Schools (CRPS') proposed plans for the Lawrence Grassi Middle School Redevelopment. While I am in favour of dense development downtown, and appreciate there are no wildlife or undermining conflicts, CRPS's vision to sell 80-90 of the 120 units as market housing is inappropriate given Canmore's affordable housing crisis. The last thing we need is more dark homes in Canmore's downtown core.

I understand CRPS' motivation for so many market units: they are trying to raise money for an endowment fund to supplement future education. It doesn't have to be an either/or situation, it could be a win-win situation. With the right minds in the room, a deal between the Town and CRPS could be reached to convert all of the 80 proposed market units to vital homes. For example, the Town could give CRPS some land they own elsewhere to compensate for the difference. So instead of 20 affordable homes, the development would add 100.

To put things in perspective, Canmore only has an inventory of 142 vital homes for ownership. Adding 100 new vital homes would increase the current stock by 70 percent, all in a walkable, central location that adds vitality to the downtown core!

This kind of outside-the-box thinking is what will be required for our community to solve our affordability crisis. Unless we change our thinking, we are going to keep getting the same results.

Sincerely,

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Bylaws 2021-05 and 2021-06: Opposition to TSMV ASPs

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