Harmony is a large master-planned community in Rocky View County, on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Calgary near Springbank. It is the most ambitious residential development in the county and the closest thing the region has to a full master plan outside a city boundary.
The amenity programme is what sets it apart. The plan is built around two lakes with beach and paddling use, the Mickelson National Golf Club designed by Phil Mickelson, the Launchpad recreation and community facility, and a village centre intended to bring retail and services into the community itself as it matures.
Because Harmony sits in Rocky View County rather than in Calgary, the governance, tax and servicing arrangements differ from a city community, and there is an association fee funding the amenity package. Buyers are paying for a resort-style setting fifteen minutes from west Calgary, with the mountains a straight run down Highway 1.
Commute note: Approximate drive to downtown Calgary via the Trans-Canada Highway. Canmore is roughly 50 minutes west. Off-peak roughly 25 minutes, peak roughly 35 minutes.