The current lodge was built in 1977 and is showing its age. While structurally sound at this point, there are signs of fatigue, including cracks in the walls.
The Rocky View Foundation’s top priority – a new seniors’ housing facility to replace the crumbling Big Hill Lodge in Cochrane is going to have to wait at least until next year’s budget process, and the proponents are not happy with the bad news.
Rocky View Foundation CAO Chris Lowe said they were disappointed to hear the province had said no to their ask for funds to build a new lodge.
“We had hoped the province would have seen the need, and we understand that the program was overwhelmed with so many applications and only eight got approved,” he said. “However, that doesn’t erase the need that that we have here.”
