On March 4 the City of Calgary Standing Policy Committee on Planning and Development (PUD) forwarded a revised Guidebook for Great Communities to City Council on April 27th for their consideration and adoption. This City Planning Document, if adopted, will result in allowing duplexes, fourplexes, and taller commercial development throughout Cambrian Heights. Exclusive single family home areas or streets may cease to exist within inner city neighbourhoods. We encourage you to read the document and convey your opinions to our City Councillor Sean Chu.

Review the guidebook here.

At a recent Board meeting the CHCA Board adopted the following bulletin in regards to property development within our community. This is being released in response to inquiries regarding the Board’s position in regards to re-zoning RC-1 properties to allow for multi-family developments on what were previously single family home properties. We reference you to a previously posted document “Creating Our Future Together” in the Planning & Development section of the website for further context.

Review the document here.

Weekly green cart collection returns in April

The season is changing and so is your green cart collection. Your green cart will return to weekly pickup starting in April.

Sign up for free reminders or download the Garbage Day app for your smartphone so you never miss a collection day.

Find your schedule online at calgary.ca/collection.

Compost your food scraps

Follow these tips to make composting food scraps an easy part of your kitchen routine:

• Remember that all kinds food scraps can be composted! This includes meal prep peelings, leftovers from fridge cleanings and plate scrapings.
• Your kitchen pail is dishwasher safe! Clean it out every few weeks to help it neat and tidy.
• Empty the pail every 2-3 days into your green cart to help reduce odours.
• Moldy and expired food can go in the green cart – just make sure to separate from the container first before composting.

Find more tips at calgary.ca/greencart

Why food scraps are too good to waste

Did you know that The City provides free reminders for your blue, green and black cart pickup days? All you need to do is sign up! When it’s time to put your carts out for collection, we’ll send you a reminder. Get instant access to your pickup schedule, plus useful tips for using your blue, green and black carts. You’ll also receive notifications about any changes to your collection schedule.

Sign up for free collection day reminders at calgary.ca/collection. You can get notifications by:

• Text message
• Email
• Telephone (this is a voice recording that can go to a mobile or landline)
• Downloading the Garbage Day app on your smartphone

There’s also an option to print your own calendar. Don’t have access to a printer at home? Ask a family member or friend to print the calendar for you, or print it for free at a Calgary Public Library location.

Tell a neighbour, friend or family member to sign up too! If they need a bit of help, download the app on their iPhone/Android or sign them up for the type of reminders that work best for them, such as email or telephone. Visit calgary.ca/collection to learn more.

On November 30 we held our third annual kids Lego Contest thanks to the organizer Nancy Else. It was again very well attended with 33 entries and about 75 people viewing the various Lego creations. Everyone was impressed with the creativity by the kids and especially the project done by the University of Calgary engineering students.

Please enjoy the pictures below and support events such as these through participation and adding your name to the volunteer list.

Contact President@cambrianheightscommunity.com should you wish to obtain information on volunteering or getting involved with other Cambrian Heights Community activities.

Chef Don Turnbull hosted the second cooking class this year at Cambrian Heights’ new commercial kitchen. This time the focus was on autumn with the deboning of a turkey-sized for 16 and cooked with all the trimmings within 1.5 hours. In addition to the main meal, there was specially prepared soup and a delicious dessert. Don was helped by Nancy Else with her two daughters who served the main course with wine in the main hall with festive music. Everyone enjoyed the cooking, carving, and presentation secrets of Chef Don with active questions and answers throughout the evening. The demand for another event was unanimous. A few pictures below demonstrate the intimate atmosphere and wonderful food prepared that evening.

For the second year, the Parents of Cambrian School were supported by the Cambrian Heights Community in their Home Based Trade Show fundraiser. This year the vendor space was sold out offering a variety of crafts and market merchandise. The event was a success as monies were raised to support activities for the children in the school. Krista Steinke and her team of volunteers worked diligently to help the vendors best display their merchandise. While pre-event advertising used their parental association social media and Cambrian Heights helped with their signage and social media output, foot traffic was lighter than the prior year. Efforts for additional street signage next year should help improve the attendance as will testaments from this year’s happy shoppers. The pictures below show some of the vendors and the setup in the community hall. Be sure to attend next year and mark on your calendars on November 7th.

This years Halloween Party and Dance was once again a great success. Over 140 attended the event with children of all ages involved in the costume contests, music and games. The DJ was great this year and helped create an enthusiastic evening for all. The pizza and treats the energy level remained high all evening. We want to thank Board members Jodi and Jennifer as overseers and to the new volunteers Mary Hopkins, Tammy Orsay, Iris Martinez and Merv Matson who managed the event planning and evening. Everyone was having too much fun to take pictures but the few we have are shown below.

On a beautiful September afternoon, we gathered with about 100 friends and neighbours to enjoy the process of creating a meal together, listening to music and sharing a glass of cheer.  This was our 2nd Asado Event and once again it was a great success and a party that went well into the evening. Pictures from the event are provided below. We thank Jim Tubman for his photography skills. We also thank all those who spent the day with us.

Ana, Glenn, Ben, Vivian, Peter, Al, Lara, Martina, Renette, Jeanette, Alyn, Carol, Jim, Dave, Lori, Leslie, Dave, Jen, Derek, Lynne, Angelique, Michelle, Sue, Chris, Daryl, all our kids, and so many others who joined in and lent a hand!

The Cambrian Heights Community Association especially salutes each of Jodi Dixon, Gray Kettle & Pablo Policzer for their tireless work as authors, organizers, cooks, setup, managers and cleanup supervisors for an event of this magnitude.

The Cambrian Heights Community Association and Ward 4 Community Event Fund supported the Asado by subsidizing all our tickets!  Thank you to our board members who work behind the scenes to keep Cambrian Heights connected.

Ross from Barbecues Galore, Jean at Salsita Mexican Food Market and Jordon at Kelly’s Specialty Meats generously supported our event!   When you visit them at their stores, take a moment to say hello, they’re really great people.

In August some residents on Coleridge Road organized a Block Party and took advantage of the Cambrian Heights Community subsidy of $100 to help provide food and activities formal neighbours and their children.

We attach some photos of the event and congratulate such residents as Dave Mellott, Luke Fugazi, Brendan McCashin and their wives and neighbours for organizing the afternoon festivities that was well attended and brought residents of the area together to celebrate summer.

We encourage all residents of our community to consider organizing such an event either this Fall or in 2010. Feel free to contact the community at president@cambrianheightscommunity.com for grants details.

In the spring of 2018 Cambrian Heights community, along with strong support from the Rosemont community, united to lobby against the annexation by Calgary Parks of the community Park Reserve Lands on 32nd Avenue for the proposed expansion of Queen’s Park Cemetery. The community was successful, as were residents in 2005-6, in protecting this valuable green space. This space was established in 2007 as one of Calgary’s first Off-Leash Dog Parks and serves the residents of Cambrian Heights and neighbouring communities.

To build on these efforts, and as part of a broader “open spaces strategy” for the community, the Cambrian Heights Planning Committee is forming a committee to focus on the enhancement and development of this Park Reserve as an Off-Leash Dog Park into the future. We have joined with Rosemont and enlisted the support of Bentall Kennedy to raise funds and design improvements to this Park to enhance its usability and effectiveness as a place where all residents of our communities may bring their dogs for exercise, social interaction and enjoyment of the outdoors.

If you have ideas, some time, energy and a desire to protect this valuable resource please contact by email either Daryl Connolly (president@cambrianheightscommunity.com) or Daryl Beatty (dbeatty@decisiveedge.com) to offer your participation.