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active lifestyles. Moreover, the provincial government – though it doesn’t mandate these characteristics for new developments — does work with municipalities and developers to make designs that promote healthy living fundamental to community plans. “Certainly, we want to encourage healthy transportation networks where there’s available public transit, sidewalks and trails to get people outside and active,” said Predy. Promoting health and wellness through community design has been a secondary concern until recently, at least outside the U.S., said Erica Westwood, project manager with Habitat Health Impact Consulting. “In terms of planning in Calgary, Untitled-2 1
esidential construction spending in Alberta decreased year over year in the third quarter as homebuilders continued to tighten their belts, according to new data. July to September marked the fifth consecutive quarterly decline, with spending down 22.4 per cent in Alberta to $4 billion, according to Statistics Canada.
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it’s a new concept,” she said, whose company helped develop the HIA for Nose Creek. In particular, making HIAs a foundational planning tool and integrating their recommendations into a community plan from the start is unprecedented in the city. While HIA principles have been used before to lesser degrees, they haven’t been central to an area plan, said Tang. Nor has any previous initiative been as comprehensive. “This HIA incorporated eight healthy planning principles we developed, and the policy plan will guide the future development for the future of Nose Creek to develop into a healthy community,” she said.
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stretch of Nose Creek that straddles Calgary’s northwest and northeast quadrants may now be only home to scenic, rolling grassy hills. But soon enough, about 9,000 city residents could being calling it home sweet home, along with 21,000 jobs, as planning is underway to develop a community with residential, commercial and industrial opportunities. Most notably, however, is this community, once built, will be one of city’s healthiest places to live, work and play. Consisting of nearly 680 hectares west of Deerfoot Trail and north of Stoney Trail, the parcel has been the focus of a City of Calgary pilot planning project that’s aiming to incorporate public health concerns as the foundation of future development in the area. Central to the Nose Creek Area Structure Plan — completed last year — is a relatively novel concept for residential community development: a health impact assessment (HIA). Often used when developing major industrial or natural resource extraction projects, HIAs examine a broad range of
health issues regarding a development. More recently, they are front and centre of planning concerns for major North American cities such as Calgary. “It’s an incredibly important consideration,” said Joyce Tang, project manager with Urban Strategy Group at the City of Calgary, which headed up the initiative that began in 2014. “Just as planning has addressed infectious disease during industrialization, new city developments have the potential to address our health concerns today.” Tang said health concerns have always been a core pillar of urban planning. In fact, the discipline’s origin comes from a need to address the health issues faced by cities as a result of industrialization, leading to standardization for building codes and commonplace infrastructure of today such as safe drinking water and sewage disposal. Tang said health planning concerns in recent decades have evolved from being less focused on issues such as air pollution and fire prevention — though still important considerations — to promoting community designs that enhance better overall well-being. In part, this is a reaction to the way communities have developed over the last 60 years, said Tang.
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“In the middle of the 20th century, we had a boom of the auto industry, and suburbs of single-use communities – where people were trying to escape the dirty industrial city for a healthier living where there was access to more space,” she said. “This resulted in people spending more time in cars driving to various activities.” Over time, population health studies have found a link between suburban living and the rise of chronic health conditions that are reaching epidemic levels in North American society where the automobile —unlike other parts of the world — is king. Of course, the rise of suburbia isn’t entirely to blame for increasing incidence of chronic illnesses such as obesity, type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and depression. Our eating habits, increased reliance on technology for social interaction and more sedentary lifestyles are culprits, too. But studies show a relationship between typical suburban design and poorer health outcomes, said Dr. Gerry Predy, senior medical officer of health for Alberta Health Services. “What the research has found is that neighbourhoods that are walkable, where there are not necessarily a lot of cul-de-sacs and there’s instead a grid design for the roadways, promote better health outcomes,” he said. While new developments are unlikely to move back to grid designs commonplace in older neighbourhoods, developers are increasingly incorporating walking and bike paths to promote
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50’ x 29’ deep attached garage with infloor heat, 6 skylights, 1 -16 x 8’ and 2-10 x 8’ overhead doors, and running water. Plenty of room for your toys or home business here. The home is wide open with a greatroom with fireplace, a kitchen with updated applicances + eating area, and a family room that are open so you can keep an eye on everyone. Laundry on the main floor with lots of storage, also a large pantry and 2 piece bath on the main. The lower is developed with a den, a family room and lots of storage. There is roughed in plumbing for a bathroom where the desk is in the family room. Upstairs you have two bedrooms, a four piece bath and the master with a 4 piece ensuite. Lots of room for a swing set, rv storage on this oversized pie lot with rear lane. This original owner home has been well-maintained. MLS®C4090586
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