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We heard from community members and have updated the FAQs.

Since the two public engagement sessions that we hosted in May 2024, the project team has received a number of emails from community members seeking more information about the updated Oxbow ASP.

As we responded to these emails directly, we identified opportunities to include new FAQs, and several opportunities to clarify existing FAQs. As a result, we have updated the project FAQs, to include additional information about (but not limited to):

  • – the school site,
  • – future potential emergency services,
  • – the public engagement process, and the May 2024 Information Session public notification radius.

We encourage you to read through the FAQ responses and reach out to our team if you have any questions.

What is the project status?

We are currently preparing the updated Oxbow ASP and supporting technical studies to submit to Foothills County.

Following submission, Foothills County will review the application and, once the application is deemed complete, a formal circulation process will be undertaken. The circulation process will provide the opportunity for Foothills County to provide their and obtain other circulation agency comments, and then the County will formally set a date for a Public Hearing (the date has not yet been set). We will continue to provide project updates on this News and Events Page as we move closer to the submission of the updated Oxbow Area Structure Plan this fall.

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We’ve updated the FAQ’s.

In May 2024, we held two public engagement sessions to share the updated Oxbow ASP with community members and stakeholder groups, including an in-person session held at the Davisburg Community Hall, and a subsequent virtual session held through Zoom.

Our efforts to promote the two engagement sessions included the placement of 6 outdoors signs (i.e., 3 signs located on the Oxbow lands adjacent to roadways and 3 signs along Dunbow Road in highly visible locations), a mailout to some 475 residences, notices in two community e-newsletters (Davisburg Community Association and Cottonwood Golf and Country Club) which are sent to over 1,000 individuals, and through radio promotion (100.9 FM). We would like to thank everyone who took the time to learn more about the project!

At these sessions, we had the opportunity to discuss the updated project, and answer questions from community members.  We heard a variety of questions and comments from community members and stakeholders, including themes related to density, traffic, infrastructure upgrades, water servicing, environmental wellbeing, future community amenities and services (e.g. schools, commercial services, and recreational and open space features).

We have updated our website’s FAQ page to reflect comments and questions received during the engagement sessions. We encourage you to read through the FAQ responses and reach out to our team if you have any questions.

What is the project status?

We are currently preparing the updated Oxbow ASP to submit to Foothills County. Once submitted, Foothills County will review the application and complete a circulation process, to provide their and other circulation agency comments, and then set a date for a Public Hearing (the date has not yet been set). We will continue to provide project updates on this News and Events Page as we move closer to the submission of the updated Oxbow Area Structure Plan this summer

Want to connect? Contact us

Thank you for coming to the Information Session and Webinar!

We appreciate you taking the time to meet with the project team and learn more about the Oxbow ASP at the two Information Sessions hosted in early May at the Davisburg Community Hall on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, and online for the virtual webinar on Thursday, May 9, 2024. We enjoyed the opportunity to meet with community members and share the changes we’ve made to the updated Oxbow ASP. Expand to read more about what the community had to say about the updated Oxbow ASP.

Reporting back on the Information Sessions

We had 144 people attend the in-person Information Session, and 27 people attend the virtual webinar.

Through comments and questions that we received at the Information Sessions, we heard the following themes during our conversations with community members, including:

• Questions related to proposed density, size, and location of the development and how the development may impact the rural character of the area.

• Interest from some neighbours regarding potential community-wide benefits from the development, including fiberoptic cable, potential fire hall, and multi-use trails.

• Questions related to increased traffic in the area, including timing, cost, and responsibility for road improvements, and what development thresholds (e.g., number of houses) will trigger certain upgrades along Dunbow Road and surrounding roads.

• Interest in proposed multi-family townhomes and/or villa housing for aging-in-place opportunities within Foothills County.

• Interest in how the proposed development will be serviced (e.g., water and wastewater), including questions related to water intake locations, availability of licenses, and ownership of proposed water and wastewater treatment facilities.

• Questions about potential impacts to wildlife habitat and the timing associated with future environmental studies.

• Interest in how quickly commercial opportunities might be able to be constructed to allow additional retail choice for the area.

• Concerns around light pollution, noise and increased crime resulting from the development, as well as impacts to the surrounding neighbours during construction (i.e., traffic, noise, dust, etc.).

• Questions related to location, construction, and operational timeline for proposed plan amenities, including emergency service sites and the school site.

We are reviewing and considering these questions and comments as we finalize the updated Oxbow ASP. We will provide an update to the community once we submit the updated Oxbow ASP to Foothills County.

Didn’t get a chance to attend the events?

If you would like to view the engagement information that was shared during the recent Information Sessions, please use the link below to open the attachment of the Engagement Boards shared at the in-person Information Session on May 7, 2024. If you have any questions following your review of the material, please feel free to connect directly with the project team using the contact information located on the Contact Us tab.

Tuesday, May 7, 2024, Information Session Engagement Boards

We want to share the updated concept plan with you! Attend our upcoming Information Sessions.

We’re hosting two Information Sessions to share our updated Oxbow ASP concept plan with community members. Join us in-person or virtually to learn more!

In-Person Session – Drop-In (No registration required)

Date: Tue May 07 2024
Time: 4:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: Davisburg Community Hall (258117 – 96 Street East Foothills, Alberta T1S 3Y7)
Format: Drop-in discussion (No formal presentation)

Virtual Webinar Session – Registration Required
Date: Thrs May 09 2024
Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Format: Webinar

Register for the webinar to receive the Zoom link through our event page: https://oxbowASP.eventbrite.ca

Walton Group of Companies Update

Recently you may have seen media coverage or have been hearing information or speculation over the state of the Walton Group of Companies’ business. We want to take this opportunity to inform you that as of Friday, April 28th, 2017, Walton International Group Inc. Canada and certain of its Canadian entities announced that they have obtained an Initial Order from the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta for creditor protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). Under the terms of the Initial Order, Ernst & Young will serve as the Court-appointed Monitor of the CCAA Entities.

The Oxbow property is not impacted by this process.

Why did this happen?

Walton’s business has been adversely impacted by the effects of the prolonged recession in Alberta. This recession has resulted in weakened demand, reduced sales and revenues, and timeline extensions in many of Walton’s active development projects. Given these economic conditions, it has become difficult to obtain financing extensions required to complete projects. As such, Walton management believes the best course of action to protect these developments and its investors was to file them under CCAA. This process will allow time to restructure and determine the best course of action for the entities moving forward.

What does this mean?

We would like to reiterate that the Oxbow project was not part of this filing nor is it directly impacted by the Walton Group’s restructuring plan. This was not a bankruptcy filing – it is a planned and structured reorganization of certain Walton-managed companies. We are continuing business-as-usual during this process and it is our goal to come out a much stronger and healthier group of companies.

We will continue to provide additional and timely information as it become available. It is our priority to keep our neighbors, stakeholders, and community up to date and informed of our progress. A copy of the Initial Order and additional information regarding the CCAA proceedings are available on the Monitor’s website at www.ey.com/ca/wigi. We encourage everyone to visit the Monitor’s website and to read through the available materials, including the frequently asked questions which provide concise answers to many of the questions you may have. The Ernst & Young website will be your best source of information as it will provide all of the background and answers that are available at this time.

What are the next steps?

Oxbow is continuing forward as before. We prepared a draft Area Structure Plan and have provided it to the M.D. of Foothills for preliminary review and comment. Our next steps are to continue our discussions with the M.D. of Foothills to ensure that our planning and engineering reports satisfy their requirements and address any questions or comments they have on our planning materials.

We will continue to provide information as it becomes available to the community. As always, if there are questions on any of this please contact Brady Morrice here.

Spring Open House Update

Thank you to those that attended our open house on March 22nd. Roughly 90 people were able to attend and it was great to see you all again. We are very grateful for all of the thoughtful input that has been contributed by our neighbors over the past year and a half. We have done our best to accommodate as much feedback as possible in our proposed plans.

As stated in our last update, our next step is to provide the draft concept plan with supporting planning and engineering documents to M.D. of Foothills Administration for review and initial comment. The purpose of this next step is to ensure our planning and engineering studies are complete and satisfy M.D. of Foothills’ requirements. We are anticipating that Administration’s review will take several months, after which we will address and incorporate the feedback and comments we received. We will continue to provide the status of this review process through email and website updates.

We are also planning to have a community event (something fun!) on the Oxbow property this summer to ensure we keep connected with our neighbours. We hope to see you there.

For those of you that were not able to attend our most recent open house, or who would like to revisit the information, please click on this link to find all of the materials that were presented. Please do not hesitate to contact Brady Morrice here if you would like to discuss the content or have questions.

Take care and enjoy the lovely spring weather.

Spring Open House

Over the last few months, we have been busy refining Oxbow’s concept plan, which has evolved from the guiding principles and the feedback received from earlier community discussions and open houses. Technical studies are now complete and a draft Area Structure Plan (ASP) and land use amendment have been prepared. Due to the size, scope and nature of the Oxbow ASP, our next step is to provide the draft concept plan with supporting planning and engineering documents to M.D. of Foothills Administration for review and initial comment. The purpose of this next step is to ensure our planning and engineering studies are complete and satisfy M.D. of Foothills’ requirements. We are anticipating that Administration’s review will take several months, after which we will then have to address and incorporate the feedback and comments we received. We will continue to provide updates with the status of this review process.

We’d like to extend our sincerest appreciation to our neighbours for the continued dialogue and input on our community plans. The Fall Open House provided valuable feedback that has helped to refine the initial high-level concept into a plan for the future community of Oxbow. To date, we have received much feedback that we have been able to incorporate into the overall plan, including:

  • Limiting vehicular access and traffic on 88th Street;
  • Incorporating a development setback and situate lowest density development along 88th Street and Dunbow Road;
  • Preserving the escarpment and provide a number of publicly-accessible large open spaces throughout the community; and
  • Providing public access to the Bow River.

We would like to invite you back once again to review the content of the draft ASP at our next open house. Details are:

Location: Davisburg Community Hall
Date: March 22, 2017
Time: 3 pm – 7:30 pm (Drop-in)

As always, if you can’t make this event, please don’t hesitate to contact Brady Morrice from Walton at 403.750.3345 or bmorrice@walton.com if you would like the opportunity to discuss our plans. We look forward to seeing you there.

Frequently Asked Questions Updated

Following our October 5th Open House, we wanted to update our Frequently Asked Questions as we now not only have additional questions, but also additional information. As we make progress through the design process and continue to work through technical studies, we are able to provide more clarity and more accurate information as it becomes available. If there are any questions that you have that are not on this list, please contact us at any time and we will be happy to discuss them with you.

In addition to the questions listed in our Frequently Asked Questions, we have had discussions on many other topics including:

  • Desire for equestrian trails;
  • Preferred community facilities;
  • Observations on existing wildlife movements and patterns;
  • Desire for improved internet and cellular service;
  • Request for increased opportunities to age-in-place; and
  • Need for public river access/boat launch.

Our plan is to continue preparing our Area Structure Plan and land use amendment applications over the winter. We intend to come back to the public with more detailed information and a completed concept plan early in the new year before we submit any applications to the MD of Foothills. We hope that everyone has a happy and safe upcoming holiday season!

Fall Open House

On October 5th we held an open house at the Davisburg Community Hall which was well attended by over 100 local residents. We are pleased that so many of our neighbours came out to chat and see the progress that we have made on our plans. We received a lot of feedback from our neighbours and our next steps will be to continue to incorporate this feedback into our plans where possible.

We were also very excited to introduce our community name: Oxbow. We chose this name to pay tribute to the lands’ physical form and historical ranching and agricultural roots.

Within this link you will find all of the materials that were presented at our event. Please do not hesitate to contact Brady Morrice here if you would like to discuss the content or have questions.

Fall Update & Open House

We have been busy the last six months refining a land use vision, establishing the guiding principles and generating concepts for our proposed community. During that time, we have also commenced the planning and engineering studies necessary to support the drafting of an Area Structure Plan. We would like to share all of our latest progress with the community.

We will be hosting an Open House on October 5th at the Davisburg Community Hall. Doors will be open from 9am – 1pm and 4pm – 8pm so please drop by at your convenience. Our entire team will be in attendance throughout the day to answer any questions you have and solicit your feedback. Please join us on the 5th and continue the conversation on the future of growth in the Davisburg Community. If you aren’t able to attend the event, please don’t hesitate to call or email when more convenient. Material displayed at the open house will be available on-line shortly after October 5th.