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Special Areas Board

Special Areas Board Land Use Order Client: Palliser Regional Municipal Services & Special Areas Board Date: 2020-2021 Location: Special Areas Board, Alberta Bluerock’s Role: Project Management, Policy Writing, Graphics and Visuals Bluerock Planning, in partnership with Palliser Regional Municipal Services, worked closely with Special Areas Board to overhaul their Land Use Order that covers all 5,000,000 acres of land. The new Land Use Order addressed many important topics including: country residential subdivision and design, renewable energy, economic development, rural, industrial…

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Drumheller

Town of Drumheller - Kneehill County Intermunicipal Development Plan Client: Palliser Regional Municipal Services Date: 2020 Location: Town of Drumheller, Alberta Bluerock’s Role: Project management, lead author / policy writing and mapping / GIS Bluerock led the creation of the Drumheller – Kneehill IDP including policy writing, map creation and coordination of the municipalities to ensure alignment with policies and general direction of the IDP Project was on-time and on-budget, delivered in a very short time period to meet provincial…

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Pathfinder Resort

Pathfinder Resort Master Plan Client: Contain Your Stuff Date: 2021 Location: Village of Canal Flats, BC Bluerock’s Role: Bluerock lead the creation and submission of the Master Plan Bluerock Planning was the lead planning consultant on the Pathfinder Kootenay River Resort Master Plan submission to the Village of Canal  Flats. The Master Plan is a vision for a mixed RV and glamping campground redevelopment with a total of 142 sites. The proposed redevelopment of the site includes a pool, farmers…

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Mended Star

Mended Star Master Plan Client: Urth Homes Ltd Date: 2020-21 Location: Village of Canal Flats, BC Bluerock’s Role: Bluerock was the project lead and coordinated the engineering and landscape architecture subconsultants. Bluerock Planning in collaboration with NAVAGRAH Landscape Architecture & Urban Design created an inspiring master plan for a 6 acre site in the growing Village of Canal Flats. The master plan is a vision for a community-centric development that is designed around celebrating agriculture and local food, which will…

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Special Areas Board

Municipal Development Plan Rural Planning Client: Palliser Regional Municipal Services & Special Areas Board Date: 2020-2021 (Adopted 2021) Location: Special Areas Board, Alberta Bluerock’s Role: Project Management, Policy Writing, Graphics and Visuals Bluerock Planning, in partnership with Palliser Regional Municipal Services, was faced with the challenge of creating the first Municipal Development Plan (MDP) for Special Areas Board (SAB) that covers over 5,000,000 acres of land. The MDP process included workshops with SAB staff and administration leading to draft directions…

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Steve Schaming

Steve Schaming, BA Executive Administrator & Drone Pilot Steve is a passionate professional with expertise in the data and business analysis, creative arts, including drone photography, music composition, and computer programming. In addition to his artistic talents, he has extensive experience in analyzing community data, document production, crafting winning proposals, and assisting with project management (e.g. budgets, schedules, communications). Over the last few years, Steve has also elevated Bluerock's 'wow' factor with professional drone imagery and videos for community plans,…

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Connor Grenwich

Connor Grenwich, B.Sc., P.Geo GIS / Mapping Specialist Connor is a registered professional geoscientist (P.Geo) with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA). Since 2009, he has contracted in mineral exploration, oil and gas, hydrogeology, aggregate exploration and geophysical surveys across Canada and the United States in which GIS has played a critical role. He is proficient in the use of ESRI ArcGIS, QGIS, and has experience in geoscience-specific software such as Geosoft Oasis Montaj, Vulcan, Leapfrog,…

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Jonathan Schmidt

Jonathan Schmidt, BES, MEDes, RPP, MCIP, President + Senior Planner + Project Manager Jonathan is president of Bluerock Planning and is one of western Canada’s leading planning consultants specializing in small towns/cities, rural municipalities, Indigenous communities and regional planning. He has led award-winning plans and worked with world renowned regional planner Peter Calthorpe. Jonathan’s 12+ years of professional planning experience has focused on raising the bar for municipal planning policy and regulation. He believes strongly in the integration of economic…

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