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The Alberta government shouldn’t try to “reinvent the wheel” as it conducts town halls this summer with the aim of finding solutions for Calgary’s vacant office towers, Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Tuesday.
In an interview, the mayor said he is pleased the United Conservative government is taking the issues facing downtown seriously, as evidenced by Tuesday’s announcement from Jobs Minister Doug Schweitzer that the province has appointed a working group tasked with making recommendations on revitalizing the city’s core.
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The west coast contingent was so dominant, I heard Calgary’s downtown referred to as “Vancouver East” a few years ago. However, some Vancouver developers have quietly begun to leave, says Richard White, who writes about Calgary's urban development.
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Calgary’s downtown faces problems that are so daunting, it sometimes seems difficult to see a way out of the morass.
Yet, Monday was a hopeful moment: change is coming.
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For many Calgarians, it can’t happen soon enough as several tough challenges are confronting the city’s core today too many empty office towers, an eroding tax base, and not enough people living and working in the area.
During a meeting Monday, council adopted a new area blueprint called Calgary’s Greater Downtown Plan and took tangible steps to fix the problems and revitalize the area.