The Anchor Weekly – The Chestermere Lake News

For father and son duo Chuck and Kyle Wilson, Chestermere is a place to both live and work. The pair  started up Wilson Master Media last year, and their first project was to create and place benches around  town. After a few trips to see town council, they were successful in settling a contract and gaining approval of their design, and shortly after the benches began popping up all over town. The benches were a new source of advertising for Chestermere businesses, and were put to use for marketing immediately. Instead of stopping there, the Wilson’s decided to move in [...]

CHESTERMERE– A request to re-designate a piece of rural residential property to business park/light industrial has forced the Town of Chestermere into making a difficult ruling. In March 2011, Chestermere resident Steve Grande applied to re-designate an approximately ten-acre parcel of land. The application was presented before council during a public hearing on July 18 at Town Hall. According to information from the staff report, Grande — a contracted consultant– is seeking to change the land use in order to build a self-storage facility. The property is located along the south side of Township Road 240 and between Range Roads [...]

CHESTERMERE– The words “always at eleven” are carved into a dusty wooden sign hanging atop the stairs of Park Tek Boarding Co.’s upstairs workshop. It’s a fitting motto for owners Matthew Neufeld and Torquil Paxton, a couple of local residents who’s remarkable passion for their craft can’t be measured on a ten-point scale. Although the business only got rolling last spring, the pair said it’s been their life-long dream. “Park Tek has been in our minds for at least five to ten years,” said 24-year-old Neufeld. “We were those kids sitting in the back of the class drawing pictures of [...]

CHESTERMERE — Four-year resident Ramandeep Behla used to work for a family owned Subway, making sandwiches in a downtown Calgary food court. He said he used to see a nearby Jugo Juice stand, which he saw as a great opportunity to offer people another healthy alternative. During this time, the city was going through a period of thunderous growth, and Behla decided to capitalize on the opportunity he saw. After securing financing, he took over the Bow Valley Square Jugo Juice in June 2008. The store underwent a major renovation in late 2008, but ultimately flourished when the doors re-opened. [...]