Photo courtesy of Tourism Canmore-Kananaskis
The detailed schedule is found below by clicking the tabs for each day's programming. You can also view the overall schedule here.
- Workforce Housing Intensive
12:45 -5:15 PM
Edinburgh Holyrood Room, Malcolm Hotel
Instructors:- Cheeying Ho
- Melanie Rees
- Willa Williford
The Workforce Housing Intensive will provide attendees with the knowledge to define workforce housing issues, formulate housing policy, develop strategic plans, and to refine established housing tools and techniques.
The first segment will be focused on defining housing issues. Attendees will learn about the following:- Market failure, and the need for housing solutions.
- Market data, and definition of needs assessments, market studies, strategic plans, etc.
- Planners’ role in housing.
- Best practices in community engagement.
The second segment will delve into mission, vision, goals, and policies. Attendees will be instructed on why these are important, then broken into small groups to discuss these topics in the context of attendee communities.
The final segment will provide multi-track instruction on specific housing tools, including:
- Incentives and regulations.
- Funding sources.
- Partnerships and Nonprofit Initiatives
- Municipal tools.
- Land and funding.
- Capacity building.
- Roles and responsibilities
Welcome Reception
5:30 to 7:00 PM
Stirling Lounge - Opening Ceremony & Blessing
8:00 - 8:30 AM
Edinburgh Castle Room
Service Provided by Members of the Stoney Nakoda Nation
Break
8:30 - 8:45 AM
Opening Remarks: Welcome to Canmore and the Bow River Valley
8:45 - 9:25 AM
Edinburgh Castle Room
Presenters:- Sykes Powderface - Elder, Stoney Nakoda Nation
- John Borrowman - Mayor, Town of Canmore
Living with Wildlife
Lecture
9:25 - 10:25 AM
Edinburgh Castle Room
Presenters:- Leanne Allison
- Jay Honeyman
The session will illustrate a culture around living with wildlife in the Bow Valley, Alberta. The valley is described as the busiest place in the world where people and grizzly bears continue to coexist. The session will take a realistic look at the challenges faced by wildlife as the Bow River Valley continues to grow in human population, and how planning efforts in the communities of Banff and Canmore have allowed for the co-existence of land development and wildlife habitat.
Break
10:25 - 10:35 AM
Roundtable 1
Facilitated Group Discussion
10:35 - 11:35 AM
APA/CIP CM Credits: 1
Break
11:35 - 11:45 AM
Transformative Projects
Moderated Panel Discussion
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Edinburgh Castle Room
Presenters:- Max Ludington
- Christine Walker
- Jerry Stephenson
- Jodi Hilty
There are planning projects that transform a community forever, and they become character-defining features central to community identity. This session will focus on projects completed within the public realm that have engaged diverse stakeholders, the community at-large, and leveraged significant financial, social, and environmental capital. The projects featured will be as follows: Quarry Lake Park, a former quarry and industrial site in Canmore, Alberta that is now a heavily-used park and wildlife patch; Story Mill, a failed development converted into a community park/workforce housing development in Bozeman, Montana; and the Teton Creek Corridor Project, a 4-mile long restoration corridor in Driggs, Idaho that will include a re-watered creek, 400+acres of conservation easements, redesigned subdivisions, and a paved pathway connecting Driggs, Idaho to the trail system of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest and Grand Teton National Park.
Lunch
12:45 - 1:45 PM
Roundtable 2
Facilitated Group Discussion
1:45 - 2:45 PM
APA/CIP CM Credits: 1
Break
2:45 - 3:00 PM
Managing Short-Term Rentals
Moderated Panel Discussion
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Edinburgh Holyrood Room
APA/CIP CM Credits: 1
Presenters:- Michelle Groenevelt
- Paul Hetherington
- Patrick Sorfleet
Short-term rentals are exploding in mountain towns, and managing them is subject to many political, legal, planning, and environmental circumstances. This panel discussion discuss different approaches to regulating short-term rentals, the pros and cons of the different approaches, and the experience of each approach.Vertical DividerCo-Existence in Canmore
Tour
1:45 - 4:00 PM
Presenters:- Lori Rissling Wynn
- Ron Remple
The tour will feature planning solutions for wildlife habitat preservation, human-wildlife conflict, inter-jurisdictional coordination, public engagement, and reporting/data collection.
The first stop in the tour will be the Wind Valley wildlife underpass near Canmore, where attendees will view an example of wildlife corridor/habitat planning in the Bow River Valley. Attendees will also learn about how the underpass fits into the larger picture of wildlife habitat planning, and the challenges resulting from human use and inter-jurisdictional planning.
The next stop in the tour will be the overlook on the Three Sisters Parkway, near Canmore. Here, participants will be shown the constrained landscape in the Bow River Valley and how the communities of Banff and Canmore have addressed constraints such as wildlife habitat, steep slopes, highway and rail corridors, and resource extraction industries.
The final stop in the tour will be Quarry Lake Park, a former quarry converted into a regional park and wildlife habitat patch. Here, attendees will learn how communities in the Bow River Valley engaged landowners, stakeholders, and local/provincial governments to reclaim the quarry into a recreation and wildlife resource.
Attendees will observe specific examples of how the Canmore community has addressed wildlife, natural resource, and reclamation issues. Q&A opportunities will be provided throughout the tour in order to enable education about the specifics of each project.
Please note this tour will require about 1 km of walking in cold, snowy conditions.
Break
4:00 - 4:15 PM
What Communities Can Do to Address Workforce Housing - But Aren't
Moderated Panel Discussion
4:15 - 5:15 PM
Edinburgh Castle Room
Presenters:- Cheeying Ho
- Melanie Rees
- Willa Williford
This panel discussion will explore consistent voids that prevent the creation of workforce housing, ways to make the community environment easier for workforce housing, and efforts planners can undertake to spur workforce housing development. There will be a focus on community engagement, capacity building, partnerships, and the development of management systems. The panel will also provide 5-10 minutes of Q&A.
Sponsored Happy Hour
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Stirling Lounge
Sponsored by:- Banff-Norquay Resort
- A Vision for Thriving Communities from Yellowstone to the Yukon
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Edinburgh Castle Room
Presented by:- Jodi Hilty
Planning Across Boundaries: A Regional Approach
Moderated Panel Discussion
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Edinburgh Castle Room
Panelists:- Morgan Beryl
- Rob Gay
- Shawn Hill
- Danya Rumore
This session will feature a panel discussion comparing and contrasting three different regional planning models in rural, mountain regions: the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, a federally-mandated, bi-state regional planning agency; the Regional District of East Kootenay, a voluntary, opt-in planning jurisdiction enabled by provincial statute; and the Teton View Regional Plan area, a planning area for which plan compliance is voluntary, and implementation duties are charged to individual governments, nonprofit agencies, businesses, and individuals.
Sponsored Coffee Break
10:00 to 10:30 AM
Sponsored by:- Sticks and Stones Design Group
Roundtable 3
Facilitated Group Discussion
10:30 to 11:30 AM
APA/CIP CM Credits: 1
Break
11:30 to 11:45 AM
Challenging the Growth Paradigm
Moderated Panel Discussion
11:45 AM to 12:45 PM
Edinburgh Castle Room
Panelists:- Dave Gardner
- Jonathan Schechter
- Karen Sorensen
- Shawn Hill
APA/CIP CM Credits: 1
This session will feature a panel discussion exploring no-growth and slow-growth options for mountain communities in sensitive environments. Mountain resort communities, particularly those located near national parks, face increasing growth pressure despite the environment’s inability to accommodate it. The session will analyze situations where no-growth/slow-growth policies are appropriate, planning regulations promulgated therefrom, and managing community expectations after the implementation of no-growth/slow-growth policies.
Lunch
12:45 - 1:45 PM
Roundtable 3
Facilitated Group Discussion
1:45 - 2:45 PM
APA/CIP CM Credits: 1
Break
2:45 - 3:00 PM
Planning for Wildfire Resiliency
Lecture
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Edinburgh Holyrood Room
APA/CIP CM Credits: 1
Presenter:- Silvio Adamo
This session will feature innovative wildfire protection strategies instituted through the “FireSmart” program in the Town of Banff, Alberta. The lecture will feature an overview of the town’s Wildfire Protection Plan, First Tactical Response Plan, Land Use Bylaw (zoning code) wildfire protection measures, Structural Protection Trailer program, and Urban Forest Fuel Modification program. The session will also feature a 5-10 minute Q&A session.Vertical DividerHigh Season in Banff - Innovative Solutions for Seasonal Populations
Tour
1:45 - 4:00 PM
Presenter:- Chad Townsend
Attendees will tour community features in and around the Town of Banff, AB. The tour will be structured to enable attendees to gain an in-depth knowledge about community solutions for summer seasonal populations. The tour will feature presentations on specific elements of the Town of Banff’s strategic plan, including parking demand management, connective pathways, and the measurement of bicycle use by visitors. Each feature include a presentation from a Town of Banff staffer and on-site observation as weather permits.
Attendees will observe specific examples of how the Town of Banff addresses a summer seasonal population of 4.5 million visitors during a 2-2.5 month period. Attendees will learn about the innovative solutions created in Banff to address seasonal populations that affect many mountain towns in the Western US and Canada - particularly those near national parks. Q&A opportunities will be provided throughout the tour in order to enable education about the specifics of each tour feature.
Break
4:00 - 4:15 PM
Planning for the Influx
Moderated Panel Discussion
4:15 PM to 5:15 PM
Edinburgh Castle Room
Panelists:- Christine Colbert
- Doug Leighton
- Zachariah Levine
- Gary Buxton
APA/CIP CM Credits: 1
Mountain towns have small year-round populations, but many receive millions of visitors annually. This panel discussion will feature cautionary tales and innovative solutions for communities that have seen significant increases in tourism growth. Attendees will be provided with a scan of various mountain towns and national park/natural amenity communities, recent tourism growth challenges, and lessons learned.
Sponsored Happy Hour
5:30 to 7:00 PM
Sponsored by:- Calgary Parking Authority
