Gorgeous Communities: Calgary and Airdrie Neighbourhood Guides
Every neighbourhood has a personality. Some are walkable and loud, some are built around pathways and schools, some are quiet at the end of a cul de sac. Here’s what we know about the ones we work in.
Gorgeous Communities is the neighbourhood guide library of Tara Molina Real Estate Group, a Calgary and Airdrie real estate team led by Tara Molina, REALTOR® CCS®, brokered by Royal LePage Benchmark. Each guide covers a community in Calgary, Airdrie or Cochrane, Alberta, and is written from the homes the team has sold there since 2017.
Where Do You Want To Live: Calgary, Airdrie Or Cochrane?
Start with the map. Where you land first, each with its own live MLS® search and an honest read on what it’s like.
Calgary
A million and a half people across four quadrants that behave like four different cities. We’ve sold in all of them.
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Airdrie
Family focused living with growing amenities, pathways, schools and excellent value, twenty five minutes from Calgary.
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Cochrane
Mountain town charm, scenic pathways, river views and a relaxed pace, with the Rockies on the horizon.
Explore Cochrane →Which Neighbourhoods Do We Know Best?
Then get specific. Nobody buys a city. They buy a street. These guides are written from what we’ve actually sold, and in two of them, from where we’ve lived.
Calgary Communities
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Altadore
Tree lined streets, almost no through traffic, and River Park at the end of the pathway. Ten minutes from downtown, and where we bought with our own money.
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Marda Loop
Calgary’s busiest outdoor shopping street, and the infills that surround it. Walkable, vibrant, and full of inner city energy.
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Garrison Green
The old Lincoln Park base, with streets named for Canadian peacekeepers, front porches and back lanes. Detached homes, townhomes and condos near MRU and the reservoir.
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Garrison Woods
Brownstone style streets that feel like New York or London, epic cherry blossoms and a Halloween that is next level, right beside Marda Loop.
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Currie
The old Currie Barracks, built around history: 1930s heritage buildings, Parade Square, the Airport Playground and a fenced off leash dog park.
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North Glenmore Park
Mature streets between Mount Royal University and the Glenmore Reservoir, with Glenmore Athletic Park next door. Original bungalows and new infills side by side.
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Richmond / Knob Hill
Vibrant, friendly and walkable, with post war bungalows and new infills between 17 Avenue and Marda Loop, and Richmond Green Park.
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South Calgary
Where our families blended. Marda Loop runs through it, with an outdoor pool, a library and older homes, infills and apartments on the same blocks.
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Royal Oak & Rocky Ridge
Mountain views, the Shane Homes YMCA and the Tuscany CTrain, the quiet value alternative to Tuscany on Calgary’s northwest edge.
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Varsity
Market Mall, the university and the hospitals, all inside the community. Three subdivisions that share a name and do not price alike. Home to the condo we sold twice.
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Evergreen
Deep southwest Calgary, on the edge of Fish Creek Park. Evergreen and Evergreen Estates carry one name and behave like two markets.
Explore Community →Airdrie Communities
Airdrie City Guide →
Coopers Crossing
Two ponds, a wetland boardwalk, and Airdrie’s Best Community eleven years running. Nearly built out: the developer is on its final release of estate lots.
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Windsong
Windsong, South Windsong and Southwinds: southwest Airdrie, no HOA fees, and two new schools approved. Home to the house we sold twice.
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Kings Heights
Two ponds, a timber amphitheatre and more than five kilometres of pathways, with Kingsview Market a walk away. Southeast Airdrie, in its final phases.
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Ravenswood
A Qualico community planned like a small European village, with six parks and 2.6 kilometres of pathways. Southeast Airdrie, next door to Kings Heights.
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Bayside
Airdrie’s west side canal community, with a hundred kilometres of pathways from the front step. Home to one of our best known sales.
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Hillcrest
Up on the rise in southwest Airdrie, mountain views from the right streets. Our fastest median anywhere, and our second longest listing ever.
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Morningside
Established southwest Airdrie, mature trees and pathways already in. The community Tara lived in, and the reason this team exists.
Explore Community →The Canals
Southwest Airdrie on the canal and pathway system, closest to downtown. Including the bungalow that took fifty four days, and why that was fine.
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Reunion
The far northwest, built around a park and a school. The steadiest price range of any community we sell in, which makes the comparables unusually reliable.
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Williamstown
The far northwest corner, bordered by the Nose Creek reserve with undeveloped land to the north. Home to the townhome we sold twice, and measured twice.
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Lanark Landing
Southeast Airdrie, still under construction. What Melcor actually built here, and what to know before you buy into a community that is not finished.
Explore Community →Prairie Springs
Southwest Airdrie, built around a central park and backing onto Chinook Winds Regional Park. Finished, while everything around it is still going up.
Explore Community →Cochrane Communities
Cochrane City Guide →
Sunset Ridge
Up on the ridge on Cochrane’s north side, two schools inside the community and a pond at the centre of it. Including the house we sold twice, sixteen months apart.
Explore Community →Ask About Your Community
We work across Calgary, Airdrie and all surrounding communities, including the ones without a guide here yet. Ask, and we’ll tell you what we know.
Talk To Our Team →Not sure which one fits? Tell us your budget, your commute, and whether you need a school within walking distance, and we’ll narrow it to two or three. Ask us directly.
Why Does The Community Matter More Than The House?
Choosing a community is a bigger decision than choosing a house. A house you can change. A commute, a school catchment, whether your kids can bike to their friends, those come with the address.
These guides are what we’d tell you over coffee: what each neighbourhood is actually like, who tends to end up there, and what it costs to be in it.
What Is My Home Worth In My Community?
The honest answer is a range. It comes from what homes like yours have sold for in your community, the condition of yours, and the market this month. We prepare a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) for homeowners in Calgary, Airdrie and all surrounding communities at no cost and with no obligation, whether you are selling this year, in a couple of years, or not at all.
Afterward, the only thing you will hear from us is what is happening in the real estate market in your own community. No pressure, no sales pitch, no expectation.
Free Home Evaluation
A realistic range and the reasoning behind it, for a sale, a mortgage renewal, an assessment that looks off, or simple curiosity.
Priced Against Your Community
Built from what homes like yours have actually sold for nearby, not an online average.
Free Pre Sale Walkthrough
For anyone who may sell in the next year or two: which renovations, selections and colours make sense with resale in mind, before you spend the money.
Moving To Calgary Or Airdrie?
Neighbourhoods, schools, timelines, financing, lifestyle fit: the parts of a move that are specific to Alberta and easy to get wrong from a thousand kilometres away.
Who Writes These Community Guides?
Tara Molina Real Estate Group. Proudly serving Calgary, Airdrie, Cochrane and the surrounding communities, with elevated marketing, honest guidance and a client first approach.
Tara Molina, REALTOR® CCS®, licensed in May 2017. Shauna Allen, REALTOR®, working with buyers and sellers across Calgary, Airdrie and Edmonton.
Award of Excellence • Top 2% in Canada with Royal LePage in 2025 • Top 1% in 2022 and 2024 • Executive Circle & Top Tier • Chairman’s Club • Royal LePage Benchmark
Calgary and Airdrie Community Questions, Answered.
Which Calgary, Airdrie and Cochrane communities have a guide?
Each city has its own guide: Calgary, Airdrie and Cochrane. Community guides currently cover Altadore, Marda Loop, Royal Oak and Rocky Ridge, Varsity and Evergreen in Calgary; Coopers Crossing, Windsong, Kings Heights, Bayside, Hillcrest, Morningside, The Canals, Reunion, Williamstown, Lanark Landing and Prairie Springs in Airdrie; and Sunset Ridge in Cochrane. New guides are added as we write them.
How are these community guides written?
From what we have actually sold. Tara Molina Real Estate Group has sold more than 500 homes since 2017, and each guide is built from the homes we have sold in that community, plus what we would tell you over coffee: what the neighbourhood is actually like, who tends to end up there, and what it costs to be in it. In two of them, it is also where we have lived.
How do I choose the right community in Calgary or Airdrie?
Start with the things that come with the address and cannot be renovated later: the commute, the school catchment, and whether your kids can bike to their friends. Then compare price range and home type. Tell us your budget, your commute and what you need nearby, and we will narrow it to two or three communities. Ask us directly.
What is my home worth in my community?
It depends on what similar homes near yours have sold for recently, the condition and updates in your home, and the market this month. Tara Molina Real Estate Group prepares a free Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) for homes in Calgary, Airdrie and all surrounding communities, with a realistic range and the reasoning behind it, and no obligation. Request yours here.
What happens after my home evaluation?
You decide. The only follow up from us is information about what is happening in the real estate market in your own community, so you can see the changes as they happen. There is no pressure, no sales pitch and no expectation.
Can I call about any home for sale in these communities?
Yes. Call or text 403.809.4639 about any listing in Calgary, Airdrie or the surrounding communities. We will show it to you, tell you what we know about it, and show you anything else worth seeing. If you decide to write an offer on one of our own listings, a teammate writes it, so you and the seller each have your own agent. On every other home, we write the offer ourselves.
My community does not have a guide yet. Can you still help?
Yes. We work across Calgary, Airdrie and all surrounding communities, including the many without a guide here yet. Ask us about yours and we will tell you what we know, or search every listing in the meantime.
Let’s Find The Right Community For You.
Buying your first home, upsizing, relocating, or just curious what’s out there. We’d love to help you figure out where you belong. Let’s make your next move a Positive one!
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