The city and company behind a proposal for a thermal spa adjacent to Edmonton’s river valley took questions about the project from Brander Gardens residents Tuesday night.
“It looks better than what I thought the possibilities were,” Debby Ronden told CTV News Edmonton after the information session at the John Janzen Nature Centre.
She and others at the meeting were concerned about increased traffic in their neighbourhood.
“But they say they’re going to handle that. So it looks good. I like their other projects they’ve built, so it’s possibly a good thing,” Ronden had concluded by the end of the evening.
The land – formerly home to the local philanthropist and entrepreneur Sandy Mactaggart – is still owned by the University of Alberta, to whom it was gifted.
Stantec has applied for the site to be rezoned for commercial useon behalf of Scandinave Group, which has created similar spas in Whistler, Blue Mountain and Mont Tremblant.
Scandinave has an option to …