As a part-time resident of Rossland, Michael was looking for opportunities to further his connection to the town. In 2017 he was lucky enough to find the land that now forms Aspen Grove for sale.  After walking the land, that was then entirely zoned single-family residential, he soon realised that the best way to develop this land was through a couple of multi-family housing clusters to allow for the preservation of the rest of the land as native forest dominated by Trembling Aspen.  He brought this view to the Planner and political leadership of Rossland and was greeted with strong initial support. Michael proceeded with the purchase of the property in May 2018.  After purchase, he then walked the land with Rossland locals, architects, engineers and others. The siting for the first phase of Aspen Grove was then determined as being technically viable and a highly desirable location to live.  In September 2018, the Phase 1 area was rezoned allowing for 18 units of multi family homes with a 3.5 acre parkland designation.  In Winter 2019, Studio 9 was selected as the Project Architect and plans were completed in July 2019.  In September 2019, Collective Carpentry was chosen as the provider of a pre-built highly insulated building envelope that will result in walls with R56 and roofs at R80 resulting in an almost unparalleled level of energy efficiency.  This month we also selected Greg Seib of Seib Construction as the Construction Manager based on his excellent reputation and interest in green buildings.  Our team is now working hard to price the units so that they are available to pre-purchase.