Report September 2024
Viscount Bennett Community Planning Workshop June 15, 2024
Community Development Options
The Viscount Bennett School site is in the Richmond-Knob Hill Community south of Richmond Rd and immediately west of Crowchild Tr. The original High School site was closed in the 1980s and used as a continuing education centre until it was closed by the Calgary Board of Education in 2018. It was sold by the Board to Minto Communities Inc. in 2023. The site is 11.5 ac. in size.
Minto Communities applied to rezone the site in Fall 2023 to allow 2500 dwelling units. That would represent more than 5000 new community residents. The Community was not satisfied with the public engagement process undertaken by Minto and B&A Planning, their planning consultants. The Community Association decided to undertake a Community Planning Workshop to determine the area residents’ thoughts, hopes and concerns about the possible site redevelopment. They felt it was important to do this engagement process because the developer, Minto Communities, was unwilling to do so. The workshop was planned and conducted by a group of 4 professional planners. The Planning team consists of: Philip Dack, Roy Wright, Jessica Kovacs and Pat Churchman (transportation specialist).
It was an all-day session held at the community hall on Saturday June 15.
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