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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
So why didn't residents vote them out? With a mayor and 6 councillors (I couldn't find exactly how long this has been the structure) every vote matters quite a bit.
Absolutely fair questions about land use planning, just as there are in every community in the world. At the time of development Silvertip and its mansions probably seemed like a reasonable use and good ROI for the land. What do you think the reaction would be of the average Canmorite if the landowner announced they were replacing the golf course with hundreds of modest and relatively affordable row-houses?
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Residents did vote them out, but a lot of the decisions had already been made. One of the reasons why the current council, who fought TSMV had to give up the fight.
I think if a golf course was converted in that way, with a return to green spaces included, residents would largely support it. It would mean regaining access to areas that they can't currently go, and provide what the town has been asking developers for for decades. The objections, I would imagine, would largely come from outside the community. Yes, there would be some calls to return the land to wild land, but I think most understand that is not a fight they would win.