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Arrested Development?
As costs keep increasing to provide infrastructure to new communities, the City of Calgary is considering re-evaluating the feasibility of creating new communities.
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Amalgamation proposal panned by Edmonton’s neighbours
It’s time to amalgamate Edmonton and its bedroom communities into one municipality, says James Cumming, president and CEO of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce.
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Greater Calgary communities best in Canada to run a business
CALGARY — Alberta’s cities continue to dominate the annual rankings of Canada’s top entrepreneurial cities with the Greater Calgary area the top one in the country.
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By the Numbers: New Communities in Calgary
The Planning, Development and Assessment branch of the City of Calgary is hard at work actively developing new communities to meet Calgary’s rapid growth. Calgary will grow by more than 118,500 people in the next five years, according to current growth patterns. About 94 per cent of the population will go out to the suburbs, which works out to about 111,500 more people living in the suburbs.
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Northwest Niceties
When looking for a good place to raise a family, it’s tough to argue with the medley of character and convenience offered up by the Northwest communities of Capitol Hill and Mount Pleasant.
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Foundations glide to the rescue, helping two Edmonton communities build new outdoor rinks
EDMONTON – Northeast Edmonton rink rats will have a better place to lace up their skates after two community leagues received a total of $460,000 to overhaul their outdoor skating facilities.
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Inner-city river communities say flood policies unfair
Concerned with maintaining the integrity of their communities, a group of inner-city residents are hoping the provincial government will review what they feel are punitive flood mitigation policies.
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Calgary’s Best Neighbourhoods 2013
Our annual list of the city’s top communities
For the fourth year, Avenue has created our list of Best Neighbourhoods in Calgary. But, rather than have us tell you which neighbourhoods we like best, we turned to our readers. We asked you to complete a survey telling us what you think the most important attributes in a neighbourhood are. You told us that being close to parks and pathways, safety and friendly neighbours are what you most care about. We weighted those categories heaviest in our calculations. Conversely, what you care least about is whether the area is newly developed, has a uniform look or has large homes. Those factors were weighted lightest.
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Uncertainties rule in Hampton Hills
Frustrated residents of Hampton Hills concerns’, which were voiced in a town hall hosted by Danielle Smith, MLA for Highwood, were many of the same ones to echo through the gym at Highwood High School the evening of July 18.
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