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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…

Steve Schaming

Steve Schaming, BA Drone Pilot Steve is a passionate professional of the creative arts, including drone photography, music composition, and computer programming. Over the last few years he has added to Bluerock's 'wow' factor through professional drone imagery and videos for community plans, including Westview Area Structure Plan, Coronation Municipal Development Plan, and Linden Area Structure Plan.

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,…

Breelyn Joyce

Breelyn Joyce, BUS, RPP, MCIP, Senior Planner Breelyn is a registered planner on the cutting edge of planning policy and regulation in Canada. As a planner for the Town of High River she had the opportunity to implement Canada’s first hybrid/form-based zoning bylaw, which won national and provincial awards. Her other significant work has included acting as the High River representative on the first Regional Plan for the Calgary Metropolitan Region, assisting on Alberta’s first provincial regional plans, and implementing…

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…

Chris Fields

75 communities. 20 enterprise clients. 36 awards. But most importantly…a mission: to build people, communities and products that aim for the exceptional. Chris is a Strategist and Entrepreneur - an unconventional thinker and doer who challenges organizations to pursue the ambitious and exceptional. Chris has 30 years of strategic planning, economic development, urban planning, brand and marketing, and leadership capacity building experience in enterprise, government, and not-for-profit, settings. He is passionate about generating breakthroughs with a cut-through-clutter style, a focus on “out…

Amy Clarke

Amy Clarke Amy Clarke Consulting | Communications & Engagement Specialist Amy’s passion lies within organizing the chaos and energy around public engagement into a logical and effective plan that nurtures community excitement and captures meaningful feedback. Her ability to connect with people through humour and empathy was developed during many years of working with community not-for-profits and a diversity of stakeholders at Parks Canada. She brings a strong understanding of the culture and social dynamics of planning in mountain communities…

Fraser Blyth

Fraser is the principal of Selkirk Planning & Design based in Revelstoke, BC. As an urban designer and planner, Fraser has brought a design-based planning approach to communities throughout the Kootenays for the last 14 years. Fraser’s work focusses on creating places for people by integrating the local landscape into ecologically-based urban design that enhances and celebrates a local sense of place in mountain communities. His design approach integrates natural, cultural and historical influences, people-focused urban design, innovation and technology…

Michael von Hausen

Michael von Hausen is President of MVH Urban Planning and Design Inc., a firm that specializes in growth management, sustainable master planning, urban design, city and rural planning and community partnerships. As one of Canada’s leaders in urban design and planning, he brings over 40 years of public and private land development, planning, and design experience from across North America. He was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners in July 2016 – the highest honour for a…

ʔaq’am First Nation

ʔaq’am First Nation Land Use Plan and Community Engagement Client: ?aq’am First Nation, BC Date: 2015-2016 Location: near Cranbrook, BC (Ktunaxa Nation) Bluerock’s Role: Jonathan Schmidt acted as senior planner while at McElhanney Consulting Indigenous Engagement & Planning Jonathan Schmidt and a team of Indigenous planners and engineers from McElhanney Consulting worked closely with the ?aq’am First Nation membership, staff and Chief and Council to create a land use plan based on local values and knowledge of the land. Following…

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