October 2013
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to determine what you can do with what
you have,” says Mayor Christie. “We’ve
been fortunate to have a council that has
looked beyond our time, to the future. All
of us are looking at how we can do things
better. We don’t approach it as throwing
good money after bad, but consider it as
investing in the future of our Lacombe.”
MORE TO COME
Lacombe has a population of almost
12,000 people, but data indicates three
percent annual growth. City leaders are
working yet on other initiatives to man-
age that growth while also improve on as-
sets essential to existing residents. Other
plans underway include increasing the
capacity of the city’s primary cemetery.
MacQuarrie explains that the site is very
near capacity, and the grounds needed to
increase space are currently occupied by
baseball diamonds. Lacombe has worked
out a deal which will relocate the dia-
monds to another site, creating a recre-
ational cluster she says will be optimized
for better hosting of tournaments in one
strategic location. The master plan for the
cemetery will accommodate new walking
paths and landscaping to impart greater
aesthetic value. This work will be com-
