Athalmer Neighbourhood Plan

Lake Windermere Public Lands

The District of Invermere (D.O.I.) has contracted B&A Planning Group (B&A) with support from McElhanney Consulting Services (McElhanney) to facilitate in the development of a neighbourhood plan for the Athalmer Area, including the Lake Windermere Resort Lands recently purchased by D.O.I. The project will involve land use and infrastructure planning, a public engagement process, and design concepts for resort and waterfront lands, the commercial corridor and residential areas.

Project Timeline

Opinion poll asks residents “Do you support the purchase of the Resort Lands for $5,000,000?” 66% of voters support the concept
Alternate Approval Process proceeds allowing taxpayers to indicate opposition to purchase proposal
Council approves the Lake Windermere Resort Lands acquisition
D.O.I. releases RFP for a detailed land use planning exercise for the Athalmer Neighbourhood, including the Resort Lands
Consultant team undertakes review and background studies for the plan area
Athalmer NP project website is launched
Athalmer NP engagement survey launched in May 2020
Project workshop held with Council, Administration and Consultant Team
June 25: Online community engagement sessions to share draft concepts
Public engagement events to share project updates
Consultant team will refine concepts based on feedback
Engagement event to share preferred plan concept to community
Refinement of preferred concept plan
Final concept plan proceeds to Council for approval

Linked here is a “What We Heard” report which summarizes input received from the November 2020 public engagement program for the District of Invermere’s Athalmer Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Plan project. It also includes a brief synopsis of all engagement completed to-date and next steps. For questions, please get in touch.

Project Updates

November 3, 2020Athalmer Neighbourhood Plan Open House

Photo Credit Ryan Watmough Columbia Valley Community Economic Development Officer On November 3, 2020, an open house was held for the Athalmer Neighbourhood Plan. The event was open to the public [...]
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October 20, 2020Join us for a public open house

The District of Invermere are providing an update on the Athalmer Neighbourhood Plan. The Open House will focus on sharing a revised concept plan for the future re-development of the former Lake [...]
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July 21, 2020Athalmer Neighbourhood Plan Engagement Update

On June 25, 2020 the Athalmer Neighbourhood Plan project team hosted a Public Information Session to share details about the plan and preliminary Public Land concepts. 43 people attended the [...]
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Project History

Documents

Lake Windermere Public Lands - Preliminary Concept

The Lake Windermere Resort Lands acquisition was approved by Council on April 23, 2019. The Resort Lands includes 27 parcels representing approximately 14 acres that border the lake.

A preliminary concept was shared with Invermere residents in Spring 2019 to provide information for the decision on the purchase of the resort lands. Following initial engagement, the Consultant team will prepare more detailed concepts to be shared with the community:

Preliminary concept goals include:

Increased connectivity
View corridors to lake
Lakefront access and public uses
Waterfront pathway
New tourism commercial uses

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We look forward to hearing from community members

A survey will be shared in the coming weeks to collect community feedback on the plan area. In the meantime, please reach out if you have any questions to:

Rory Hromadnik
250.342.9281 ext. 1235
planning@invermere.net

Cortney Pitts
250-342-9281 ext. 1232
events@invermere.net

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