Close to nine months since the June flood, just under half of High River’s Disaster Recovery Program (DRP) applications are now considered closed.
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Chamber pulls out from parades to focus efforts on business recovery
After a unanimous vote at their last board meeting, High River and District Chamber of Commerce directors have decided against producing the 2014 Little Britches Parade and the upcoming Santa Claus Parade and will focus all resources towards continued business restoration.
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How weak job participation rips the housing recovery
The December jobs report speaks volumes about why the housing recovery is not as robust as it should be, given still historically low mortgage rates and still relatively low home prices. Specifically, the weak job participation rate, falling to the lowest level since 1978, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, explains why so many are barred from home ownership and why others in trouble on their mortgages are unable to save their homes.
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Flood-hit neighbourhood bouncing back
On deadline day for Alberta flood victims to apply for the disaster funding, one of the city’s hardest hit streets is slowly coming back to life.
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Economic Developers Alberta to provide input into High River’s recovery
High River’s recovery efforts will get a helping hand from Economic Developers Alberta (EDA), an organization of economic development professionals, which visited the town last week as part of a provincial program to assist flood-affected communities.
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SocGen: The Housing Market Will See A Handover From Investors To Homebuyers In The Final Stage Of The Recovery
Many have argued that the U.S. housing recovery has been driven by investors, not traditional homebuyers.
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Ottawa allocates $700 million for Alberta flood recovery
Ottawa has earmarked almost $700 million to go to Alberta for flood recovery costs, but the final federal contribution remains up in the air.
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Home price gains slowing as market recovers
Home price gains are slowing after a strong bounce off the bottom, potentially marking a new phase for the housing recovery.
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Still recovering from southern Alberta’s record floods, officials look to prevent the next one
For once, Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths hopes his boss is wrong.
As flood waters receded last June to reveal the scope of the soggy carnage, Premier Alison Redford said recovery could take a decade.
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Flooded Calgary neighbourhoods battle back from June’s devastating deluge
Bob Lang has been watching his flood-wounded neighbourhood recover day-by-day.
But in the Mission area that saw some of the worst devastation in Calgary when the Elbow River escaped its banks, it’s been an uneven recuperation, he says.
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