Economic Development, with direction from council, can attract big business to Airdrie and help discourage duplicated businesses. When do we say we have enough liquor stores, drug stores, coffee shops, etcetera? Let’s attract other businesses so the current ones operating can survive the slow economy and give our residents a wide variety of services so they can shop local for everything. Diversifying the types of businesses setting up shop in Airdrie will increase sales of the ones already operating and that, in turn, leads to better wages for their employees.

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