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The_Cat said:
edmontonjournal.com

Opinion: Time for Edmonton to focus on economic development

Perhaps it’s time to shift our focus and develop a clear roadmap for strong and vital economic development planning and execution.
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One of the big problems with our approach to economic development is that the city continues to focus mainly on attracting things that are often built outside the city and not on attracting development to the core.

If this approach continues we risk becoming even more of a donut city with even more of a hollowed out core.
 
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The_Cat said:
edmontonjournal.com

'Growth as a catalyst': Suburban development not a burden on city, BILD study says

The study highlights the positive economic impacts of new community growth in Edmonton making the case for more development planning.
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“Propaganda group for suburban developers says suburban development is good because cherry picked numbers look ok”

How about BILD helps developers retool for a new era of infill and higher density building instead of greenfield sprawl…
 
thommyjo said:
I quite agree with this and do hope it becomes a central focus in the future. Attracting multiple companies in the 500+ employees category to our downtown would really start to make a difference.
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Yes, places with more vibrant downtowns generally also have more people working there. My sense is that the number of people working downtown here has been fairly stagnant for decades.

So this seems to be one big missing part of the current strategies.
 
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