Lake Louise Community Plan

PART IV: STEWARDSHIP & MANAGEMENT

MANAGING GROWTH

POLICY DIRECTION

In June 1998, the Minister directed all national park communities to:

• determine an annual growth rate for commercial development
  
  
• eliminate the shortfall in residential accommodation by 2005
  
  

BACKGROUND

Growth must be carefully managed to ensure the pace of development respects ecological concerns and the needs of the community.

During the preparation of the Bow Valley Study, the Banff National Park Management Plan, and the Lake Louise Community Plan, little commercial growth has been allowed. While business owners may be impatient with this situation, the need to control growth continues. This will allow for the preparation of human use strategies and the implementation of the No Net Negative Environmental Impact Monitoring Framework.

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