East Highway 1 Area Structure Plan Client: Private Developers Date: 2020-2021 Location: Rockyview County, Alberta Bluerock’s Role: Policy planning; coordination of planning, mapping and engineering; lead policy writing; and graphic layout and design of ASP document. Bluerock guided a consortium of private developpers to propose an innovative rural Area Structure Plan that provides opportunities for industrial development. These lands were envisioned to become a part of the ‘Sunbelt’, an intermunicipal agricultural-industrial area, regional landmark, and a unique employment and business…

Shepard Industrial Area Structure Plan Client: Palliser Regional Municipal Services Date: 2022-2023 Location: Town of Oyen, Alberta Bluerock’s Role: Policy planning; coordination of planning, mapping and engineering; lead policy writing; and graphic layout and design of ASP document. Bluerock assisted Palliser Regional Municipal Services and the Town of Oyen with the creation of an innovative rural Area Structure Plan that provides opportunities for industrial development. The vision is for Oyen East Industrial to become a prosperous development for the Town…

Sheerness Industrial Area Structure Plan Client: Special Areas Board, Alberta Date: 2021-2022 Location: South of Hanna, AB Bluerock’s Role: Policy planning; coordination of planning, mapping and engineering; lead policy writing; and graphic layout and design of ASP document. Bluerock assisted Palliser Regional Municipal Services and the Special Areas Board with the creation of an innovative rural Area Structure Plan that provides opportunities for industrial development. The Sheerness Industrial ASP vision is to support large lot industrial development with suitable infrastructure…

Shepard Industrial Area Structure Plan Client: Shepard Development Corporation, AB Date: 2021-2022 Location: Rocky View County, AB Bluerock’s Role: Jonathan Schmidt acted as senior planner and policy writer. Connor Grenwich provided GIS and mapping. Bluerock collaborated with MVH Urban Planning & Design to create a comprehensive plan for over 1800 acres of future industrial land in Rocky View County, close to the City of Calgary. The Shepard Industrial Area Structure Plan’s key features is the integration of a future inter-modal…

Legacy Farm Area Structure Plan Client: Town of Strathmore with MVH Urban Planning & Design Date: 2021-2022 (Adopted 2022) Location: Town of Strathmore, AB Bluerock’s Role: Policy planning; coordination of planning, mapping and engineering; lead policy writing; and graphic layout and design of ASP document. Bluerock assisted MVH Urban Planning & Design with creation of a dynamic and inspiring Area Structure Plan for a 48 hectare (118.5 acre) agricultural based tourism and business development in the Town of Strathmore, Alberta.…

Westview Area Structure Plan Client: Town of Nanton Adoption Date: October 2022 Location: Town of Nanton, AB Bluerock’s Role: Project lead; coordination of planning, mapping and engineering; lead policy writing; 3D drawings; and graphic layout and design of ASP document. Bluerock with McElhanney engineering support is assisting the Town of Nanton to re-imagine the community of Westview as a complete neighbourhood with a greater variety of housing types, more parks, pathways and mixed-use commercial areas. The Bluerock Planning team inherited…

Oyen Railyard Area Structure Plan Client: Town of Oyen & Palliser Regional Municipal Services Date: 2020-21 (Adopted in 2021) Location: Town of Oyen, BC Bluerock’s Role: Project lead; coordination of planning, mapping and engineering; lead policy writing; 3D drawings; and graphic layout and design of ASP document. Bluerock assisted Palliser Regional Municipal Services and the Town of Oyen on an innovative rural Area Structure Plan that integrates rail-side industrial development into the fabric of a small town. The project team…