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LETTER: TSMV is about profit versus the environment

Editor: Well, in my view, the TSMV project boils down to profit versus environment and social fabric. I've been looking at the information presented to our town council by TSMV – available at www.canmore.ca/threesisters.

Editor:

Well, in my view, the TSMV project boils down to profit versus environment and social fabric.

I've been looking at the information presented to our town council by TSMV – available at www.canmore.ca/threesisters.Technically sound info. A bit too much info to wrap around all the details.

I'm not a town planner, I'm just a member of this community. I've been visiting Canmore since 1983. Now a resident since 2009.

My question is, how this project could ever fit community needs? In a context of climate emergencies, how does doubling the population within 20-30 years fit in?

How does promises from TSMV to bring in more commercial taxes to the town be monitored?

Is there a "performance measure" in place for that plan? If not, in order to support more residents, our municipal taxes could significantly increase in the next few years.

Trend from the past shows that developers are way more interested in building residential units, where they find better profit than commercial units like hotels or resorts, which bring more taxes to the town (us).

If not carefully monitored, developers have found ways in the past not to followup on their promises and build for profit first.

I can't believe that a small wildlife corridor will be sustainable. If I'm not mistaken, this corridor design has been rejected in the past, why is the same corridor acceptable today?

Especially with more people around feeling entitled to use this space for their use because they own a residence. How to mitigate more footprints from more residents, dogs and tourists?

I can't see how this project could ever be acceptable to our council. It should be rejected  for the future of our children.

This project, in my view, is a lose-lose situation: residents will experience a natural environment deterioration; new residents will never experience the way Canmore used to be.

This is a good project for the developers, not for residents or future residents.

Let\'s not make the same mistake many other towns in the world have made in the past: monetize a jewel and turned it to an ordinary overcrowded town.

If you want your opinion heard by council, send a letter before the March 9 public hearing to [email protected]

Yves Caron,

Canmore

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