Communities in Transition

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Communities in Transition

• Planning for Community Transition in
  Non-Metropolitan Regions
• A Partnership Initiative

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• CIT has three major goals to assist in carrying
  out its mission
• Help communities plan for transition.
• Encourage and support partnerships and
  collaboration.
• Share achievements, expertise and implementation
  strategies.

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• BC Non-Profit Housing Association
• BC Real Estate Association
• BC Society of Landscape Architects
• BC Treaty Commission
• BC Wilderness Tourism Association
• Chinook Institute for Community Stewardship
• Columbia Basin Trust
• Community Futures Development Association of BC
• Community Transition, MCAWS
• East Kootenay Conservation Program

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• Natural capital, social capital and mountain
  communities
• Distinguishing among concepts of capital

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• Sante Fe-inspired year-round luxury living
• The Spirit Ridge Spa in Napa of the North
• Okanagan Sunsets and Tuscan Lifestyle
• Five bedroom home on the Bulkley River, great
  mountain views

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• Impacts on Use and Conservation of Landscapes
• Exploration for oil and gas
• Amenity and retirement migration
• Resort and recreation property markets
• Loss of seniors' households
• Succession of ownership of large ranches and
  farms
• Economic and social wasting

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Regional DistrictCities Towns
Radium
Invermere
Panorama
Windermere
Fairmont
Kimberley
Fernie
Cranbrook
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• A typical waterfront property on Windemere Lake
  increased in value from 130,750 in 1990 to
  817,400 in 2004.
• 38, or 308,000 of the increase occurred in the
  last two years.

Data courtesy of BC Assessment
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• Rubber tire market Calgarians buying
  recreational property creating a Columbia Valley
  version of cottage country
• Recent rezoning applications to RDEK for
  residential development of 380 and 450 units

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• Existing households in Invermere/Windermere
  area 1400
• Recent developments approved by the regional
  district 450 recreational homes, another 350
  pending
• Proposed application for additional 400 or more
  recreational homes

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MLS Listings 1 Million Plus PriceEast Kootenay
Region (April 2005)
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• How Big is the Potential Resort and Recreation
  Property Market in B.C.?
• Big White Resort, Kelowna 250 million
• Silver Star, Vernon 150
• Sun Peaks, Kamloops 270
• Bear Mountain, Victoria 350

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• Red Mountain, Rossland 33 million
• Kicking Horse, Golden 15
• Panorama near Invermere ?
• Mount MacKenzie, near Revelstoke 1000
• Whistler, 300 acre site ?
• Canoe Mountain 250
• Jumbo Creek, near Invermere 300?
• Valemount 100

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Development choices
Downtown Invermere www.invermere.com
Intrawests Panorama Mountain Village www.panorama
resort.com
Bighorn Meadows Resort http//bighornmeadows.com
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• Bulkley Valley
• Smithers as a potential destination resort and
  recreation market?
• Not part of the Rocky Mountain system
• Not a gateway community?
• Tradition of amenity migration?

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NW BC Communities Historical Population Estimates
Based on BC Stats Municipal Census Populations
1931 to 2004
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NW BC Communities Historical Growth Rate Estimates
Based on BC Stats Municipal Census Populations
1931 to 2004
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NW BC Communities Historical Growth Rate Estimates
Based on BC Stats Municipal Census Populations
1931 to 2004
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Communities in Transition

• Planning for Community Transition in
  Non-Metropolitan Regions
• A Partnership Initiative

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First principle

• CHANGE HAPPENS
• TRANSITION IS PLANNED

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Second Principle

• THE USEFULNESS OF THE TRANSITION PLAN IS
  PROPORTIONAL TO THE AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION THAT
  GOES INTO IT