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Tim Banks, CEO of APM MacLean, shares his vision of his $60 million Blackbush Beach Resort development in Grand Tracadie, PEI The Insights podcast combines the experiences of an economist, David Campbell, and a social scientist, Don Mills, to explore the challenges and opportunities facing Atlantic Canada, promote data-driven decision-making among policymakers, and encourage a […]

The new Nirvana on Prince Edward Island a 21st century residential gym, blackbush is rising up from the sands of time. Words by Wayne Blanchard – Robert Simmons’s Magazine.

Despite delays created by the pandemic, some parts of the Blackbush resort at Grand Tracadie, on P.E.I.’s North Shore, are now open to the public. The resort, when completed, will include a hotel, cottages, fish market and restaurant, and a residential subdivision. Much of the infrastructure for public access to the beach is already completed.

Back in 2020 to further enhance our guiding principles for sustainability, we willingly removed our asphalt surfaces from our gate right down to where the pavement ends at our cottages. This is all a part of allowing fresh rain water to permeate into our water tables and not runoff into the Tracadie Bay. This coincides […]

Island Water Technology has been johnny-on-the-spot with the development of new systems that take care of waste water at your home or in remote communities where that system can function on solar power.

Wendy Munro – Resort Operations Manager At Blackbush we are pleased to announce Wendy Munro as our Resort Manager.  Wendy will oversee operations of our newly proposed eco-lodge and resort property.

Blackbush Announces Director of Construction Pat Sheehan – Master Carpenter The Blackbush Eco-Lodge and our Blackbush Community are pleased to announce Pat Sheehan as our Director of Construction. Pat will oversee construction and the other building trades of our eco-lodge, family homes and our all-season fractional units.

Tim Banks, the CEO of APM Group, appears in “Nature Stories,” a media campaign by the Nature Conservancy of Canada, read more…

The Province of Prince Edward Island commissioned a federal study that shaped our “50 Year” dyke storm surge protection program at Blackbush. Here’s a link to the full study…  

The Commons – 43 Lot Subdivision  I  The Stages – 20 Fractional Units

Residents of the Grand Tracadie area will get a renewed version of the past as construction on a well known fish processing facility resumed last week.  READ MORE…

Tim Banks says the development will “respect the landscape” by working with the natural environment in the area.