THE RURBAN FRINGE

Alberta Heritage Fund: Another Lost Opportunity

Ouch.  The Government of Alberta just released their 2009 budget … with a $4.7 billion deficit.  This one’s gonna hurt, folks.
Released simultaneously (albeit, with much less fanfare) was the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund 2009 – 2012 Business Plan.  Created by Peter Lougheed in the 1970s, the fund seeks to hold and invest the provincial government’s revenue take, theoretically [...]

The Advantages of Affordable Rurban Housing

I had the pleasure of being in attendance at The Government of Alberta’s announcement made in Strathmore regarding the immediate development of 82 affordable housing units. 
Provincially, Strathmore has long been identified as a community “in need” of affordable housing development and so I found this welcome news, after contributing to a local Affordable Housing Task [...]