That obviously translates to us as well. My
permit numbers now are at 2005 and 2006
levels, which was the start of the previous
boom in 2006, 2007 and 2008. We’re
approaching those kinds of numbers now.
“When things slowed down (last time), it
gave everybody the opportunity to catch
up, to look at systems, to look at perhaps
some areas in our own instance where we
could refine the process. Approaching this
boom, we’re quite prepared for it. Much
more than last time. We’re all very excited
by it, and we have processes now to cope
with an impending boom.”
Porteous and her staff are maintaining a
record-setting pace these days as they
manage the transformation in the town,
whose population jumped 28.5 percent
between 2001 and 2006, then skipped up
another 21.7 percent between 2006 and the
last official census count in2011.
Subdivisions are springing up in areas that
until recently had no houses – fueled
partially by a flow of Edmonton-centric
