For residents living in established neighbourhoods or prospective buyers looking to buy into older character homes in Calgary, rest assured that the older neighbourhoods will experience little change. The majority of the plans pertain to new developments in the city so that the likelihood of urban sprawl is minimized; urban sprawl can be detrimental to the ecosystem surrounding the city, especially in a natural wonderland like Calgary.

The Plan It Calgary project makes a lot of sense for our needs and concerns in modern day housing. With the growing trend in North America of obesity in both adults and children, it is vital for neighbourhoods to be more pedestrian-friendly and have nearby amenities so that residents are more likely to walk the short distances to use them. With the cost of fuel, it is also important to focus on making it easy for residents to not have to use their cars; mixed use spaces can help people work closer to home and better public transit can help people save money by allowing them to leave their cars at home when they do need to travel farther afield.

Keep an eye on the exciting new neighbourhood developments in the works for the already-amazing city of Calgary. Carlos Montes