Entries by chinookridgeadmin

Air Quality Monitor

I am pleased to be able to offer folks access to our Air Quality Monitor.  Just go to www.PurpleAir.com/map and scroll the map to the Dogpound area, Our monitor is marked with a green dot and the time scale comes up ‘CRAZ 001 Cartwright’.  CRAZ is Calgary Regional Air Zone.  This is a great way […]

Not Farmland – huge sandstone slabs

The sandstone slabs on this post all came from an area measuring 40′ X 80′ on my land, they were 3 to 6″ from the surface of the soil.  Slabs like this run throughout the land.  Some are at the surface, and some just below.  The only way they could be moved was with a […]

Thank you Neighbors!

Thank you neighbors who have sent in your Feedback Forms, much appreciated.  Hopefully, those remaining will send theirs in as well.  Your voice is important! Thank you to the handful of neighbors who contacted me with questions.  If you have them then others likely do as well so I thought I would post the answers […]

2009 – 2012 Brochure.

The Brochure (below) is what we sent out to neighbors and interested parties and passed out at our open house.  It took a couple of revisions while we tried to make it concise but informative.  The original version was much wordier. It appears some of the original residents sold their properties and may not have […]

Original Concept Plans

This was the original design from the 2012 Land Redesignation and 2013 Development Permit applications. In my 2018 application, I changed the design to a castle so as to not compete with the Mountain View Heritage Barn near Cremona and moved it to a lower elevation surrounded by trees.  Not everybody was on board with […]

Back to the drawing board:)

So the neighborhood didn’t like the most recent plan for a Castle, RV Park, and a 9-hole course (pictured below). Not sure these folks will like any changes but must hope they do. I am preparing three alternative plans for them to review. I am just waiting for concept plans which should be out next […]

Neighborhood Support for Development

Letters From People in Support of Chinook Ridge Prior to the Land Redesignation Hearing Chinook Ridge received 105 letters of support from most where from neighbors (Dogpount to Bottrel) but also others who wanted to visit and use the facility.  At the time of the Hearing over 80 people came out to stand in support […]

AEP & Ground Water (well) Registration

Now deep into the registration process – the application was made almost 3 years ago – we are finalizing the process.  AEP wanted an updated Q20 – consisting of 48 hours of pumping and 48 hours of recovery. “A 48-hour pumping test was conducted on Chinook Ridge’s supply well (GIC ID 2090656) from September 15 […]