December 2016

For people who live in Okotoks, there is such a thing as a free ride. 

The new On-It regional transit, which will start offering free rides in the Foothills region beginning January 6, will operate for free two days a week. It’s a way of introducing the service to Okotoks homeowners who commute to Calgary and other areas in the MD of Foothills.

Riders can check out the service at no charge on Mondays and Fridays.  A no-strings-attached way of seeing how comfortable and convenient this new service can be.

The fares for the service depends on the destination.  Okotoks to Calgary is $6 each way or $155 a month unlimited rides. Black Diamond, Turner Valley or High River to Calgary is $8 one way or $170 a month unlimited rides.

The On-It Regional

Here we grow again.  The people who brought you the popular community of Drake Landing is creating another beautiful master-planned neighbourhood in Okotoks.

United Communities is turning 113 hectares (280 acres) on the edge of the D’Arcy Ranch Golf Course into an exciting new development to be named, simply, D’Arcy.  The name comes from one of the original owners of the land where the golf course now lays, the D’Arcy Family.  This area was first homesteaded by the Bain family and the land changed hands several times until the D’Arcys took hold of it.  The first school was also located here in the late 19th Century.

When the D’Arcy family decided to sell the land, they stipulated that there had to be a positive vision for its future.   The golf