The new modular Elbow Park School opened its doors to students this week.  The temporary school is fresh, clean and spacious and will provide an excellent learning environment for the students of Elbow Park School, until their school is rebuilt.   The modular school is conveniently located in the neighbouring community of Mount Royal, adjacent the Earl Grey school, and is walking distance for many, while bussing continues to be […]

It has been 6 long months since the summer solstice brought the flood that wreaked havoc and chaos for so many of you.   It has been a very difficult time and there are a lot of obstacles many still need to overcome.   This is the time of year where we reflect and express gratitude.  The flood left us with massive economic losses and a great degree of uncertainty. It […]

For those with older homes that suffered large amounts of damage   Last week we were advised that the DRP would be taking a different approach with older homes that suffered large amounts of damage. John Conrad forwarded us this plan of approach:

Water Collaborative Meeting Summary On December 4, 2013, Members of the Steering Group of the CRCAG attended the Water Collaborative meeting. This is a summary of the meeting. We are very encouraged to see all these groups working together towards the collective goal of preventing the devastating damage we suffered the spring. Water Collaborative Meeting Summary – December 4, 2013 Hosted by: Andre Corbould, Chief Assistant Deputy Minister – Province […]

ALBERTA GOV’T PRESS RELEASE RE: PERMIT DEADLINE EXTENSION Permit deadline extended for flood fringe homeowners

Dear Members,   DRP officials have reached out to us and have indicated that, based on consistent feedback and further review, they are making changes to how they will be applying the DRP Guidelines when it comes to older homes that have suffered catastrophic damage. The DRP will now choose to focus on pre-disaster functional conditional and is seeking to close the gap between actual loss and DRP support for […]

TO:    Calgary River Communities Action Group   FROM:    Paul Ciardulli Faculty of Environment University of Waterloo   RE:    Survey of Members of the Calgary River Communities Action Group

Hi Members, This message has three important parts. 1. Rideau Park School Aviva Fund 2. Members Committee to Consult To The Province Regarding Vacant Lots 3. Personal Mitigation Exhibition 1. Rideau Park School

While many of us have the flood well burnt into our memories, for other in our City it is simply a thing of the past.   Please share this link from the Calgary Herald with your friends and family and remind them why it is so important to take steps to protect ourselves from this kind of devastating damage.   http://www.calgaryherald.com/touch/m-photo.html?id=9184739&p=1

The Flawed Floodway Buy-out Policy      On July 15, 2013, following the largest natural disaster in Canada’s history when southern Alberta and Calgary’s inner city was severely flooded, the Alberta Government announced several policies upon which it would make available to individual homeowners funding under the Disaster Recovery Program (DRP) established pursuant to Alberta’s Emergency Management Act. One of those policies conditioned how homeowners of residences designated to be […]