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Old Posted Oct 22, 2018, 9:28 PM
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About the only thing Airdrie has going for it, and that Calgary cannot provide is a UFA store. Those things are awesome. Does it have a Peavy Mart too? - that would be a close second in awesome-ness.
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About the only thing Airdrie has going for it, and that Calgary cannot provide is a UFA store. Those things are awesome. Does it have a Peavy Mart too? - that would be a close second in awesome-ness.
We got a Peavey Mart in Sherwood park earlier this year. Haven't been in yet but keep meaning to.
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Old Posted Oct 22, 2018, 11:58 PM
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Peavy Mart, LOL, my grandfather would go to a location in FT. Sask back in the 70's.

UFA is great for getting pesticides for home use at a fraction of the typical hardware store. At one time, it sold dynamite. My dad, never one to consider safety or regulation in general, would use it to remove tree stumps.

Is Ackland's still around?
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No, all acklands have closed down and everything is run out of one location in Calgary now. Down off 42nd ave. If they aren’t closed yet they will be closing soon.
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No, all acklands have closed down and everything is run out of one location in Calgary now. Down off 42nd ave. If they aren’t closed yet they will be closing soon.
I dunno... The Acklands in Red Deer is currently hiring.
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I dunno... The Acklands in Red Deer is currently hiring.
I meant Calgary region.
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A downtown hotel would also help Airdrie I think, get some people dependent on restaurants for all of their meals staying downtown.
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Having more offices would help too, mostly retail right now and most people drive in drive out. Propane which is the largest employer in town has a fairly large office but they used an old industrial building and lifted it it up to make it 2 levels right in the industrial park. If they had done something like that downtown it would have helped out there and same with fortis, Alberta head office but the office is located in the kings heights commercial/industrial area. Have those 2 downtown and downtown has a way different feel to it here.
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Beaumont to become a city on January 1.

https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...702738312.html
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Congratulations Beaumont. I lived there when the population was around 5000, it was a nice town to be in (although) I did not spend much time there).

Hoping Cochrane get's on board and is next.
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Red Deer officially loses 'third largest city' status. Lethbridge has surpassed Red Deer.

https://rdnewsnow.com/2019/06/24/let...sses-red-deer/
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Looks like Red Deer had a hiccup, it's good to know that it is in growth mode again.
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Not surprising. Red Deer is more biased towards the private sector and towards oil and gas than is Lethbridge.
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Red Deer officially loses 'third largest city' status. Lethbridge has surpassed Red Deer.

https://rdnewsnow.com/2019/06/24/let...sses-red-deer/
Higher birthrate in Lethbridge.
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Airdrie is now at 70564 which possibly puts it in 5th place for cities.

At current rates it will hit 100k in 10 yrs and be larger than Red Deer in 2035 and Lethbridge in 2039.

Airdrie has a ton of multi family on the west side of the tracks from downtown, sort of like their Beltline, just needs something other than a mall making up the bulk of the "downtown core" on the east side.
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Airdrie is now at 70564 which possibly puts it in 5th place for cities.
At current rates it will hit 100k in 10 yrs and be larger than Red Deer in 2035 and Lethbridge in 2039.

Airdrie has a ton of multi family on the west side of the tracks from downtown, sort of like their Beltline, just needs something other than a mall making up the bulk of the "downtown core" on the east side.
Yet still only 20 minutes from DT Calgary.
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Fort McMurray is still at 75,000 even though it has dropped in the last few year but everyone forgets us. And 111,000 if you count the whole municpality. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...tion-1.4978907
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Fort McMurray is still at 75,000 even though it has dropped in the last few year but everyone forgets us. And 111,000 if you count the whole municpality. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...tion-1.4978907
Nobody forgets you, just that Fort McMurtry is not classified as a city, same as Sherwood Park which also has a larger population than Airdrie.
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Nobody forgets you, just that Fort McMurtry is not classified as a city, same as Sherwood Park which also has a larger population than Airdrie.
I've often wondered why some municipalities change to have city status but other municipalities don't. I thought maybe city status added additional taxes to residents that is normally paid by Province, such as to have a city police force instead of RCMP covering community but I'm not sure. Just curious, does Fort Mac have a town police force?
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Pretty sure it is the RCMP up there, but city status has no bearing on that. RCMP still the police in Red Deer and Airdrie.
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