Medicine Hat’s dream of a regional event centre may not yet be realized, but the southeast Alberta city now has an agreement in place for locating an event centre/arena in Box Springs Business Park (BSBP) on the north side of the city.
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A pilot project designed to address developer complaints that the city’s planning process is too lengthy and complex has been launched as part of the Transforming Planning initiative.
Under the project, a research and development phase before the city implements its new system, project applications will be submitted and reviewed within the new planning process.
The applications will have the same status as any other approved project at the city.
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Highlights of the Town of Sylvan Lake’s budget, which was passed unanimously by councillors Monday night, include:
• a municipal census is planned for 2013 at a cost of $27,000.
• a new parade float is budgeted at $30,000.
• detailed design of a new fire hall will be completed early in 2013 with construction planned to begin in the fall. The budgeted cost of construction is $3.8 million.
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Tom Kentz says his company’s inability to keep pace with demand is costing it millions of dollars in sales. So it’s moving aggressively to plug the leak.
Precision Precast Ltd., which currently operates in Lacombe as Precision Projects Ltd., plans to build a $15-million plant in Ponoka County. READ
CALGARY — Mike Borkristl gave the city plans for three virtually identical fourplex homes in northwest Calgary this summer, and then waited.
A city planner’s review of one project took three days. Another took 21/2 months.
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With all the talk about the fracking boom under way in the Bakken, Marcellus, and Eagle Ford, we forget there are other earth-shattering drilling projects and technologies going on around the world.
Now, two weeks ago I told you about a new technology that’s emerging in America’s oil and gas-rich shale formations…
It’s called “well pad drilling,” or “multi-well pad drilling.”
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Infrastructure projects throughout the province have been designated as one of the reasons Alberta is facing a budget deficit, but Strathcona County seems to be reaping the benefits.
At the most recent Sherwood Parkand District Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Strathcona-Sherwood Park MLA Dave Quest gave an update on various local builds, starting with the Strathcona Community Hospital.
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