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“Banff is a community within a legislated commercial growth cap and we have come to the end of that road and, therefore, we are now discussing intensification of all of the scraps of commercial square footage left in town.”

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“A letter that was authorized personally by one individual does not represent the overall view of Three Sisters as a corporation,”

“I really think this is our last opportunity to really house the backbone of our community,”

“I would hypothesize based on my own experience if bike parking is not provided, there is probably not much incentive for people to be choosing that mode to get to work due to concerns about bike storage among other reasons.”

“These are a number of small changes, but nevertheless the applicant recognizes they bring that to administration attention so there still in compliance with their development permit.”

“The stumbling block when it comes to historic conservation and built form is we can’t impose things. They have to want to do it. That’s where you get into the area of working with the owner. … There is concern in the community of the loss of our built form.”

“I hate to say it it, but garages, closets, you name it, it’s very prevalent in the community and it is really incumbent upon us to bring this out of the shadows and into the light. So much of this is around safety issues, quality of life issues.”

“I believe there is a willingness among various stakeholders to start fresh with regards to how we move forward,”

With a more than 30-year in the making answer to the lands owned by Three Sisters Mountain Village Properties Limited finally given full clarity, the question is what now?