professionals and families toward whom
the current infrastructure improvements
are targeted.
Another clear aim is to further reduce the
flow of people leaving the area for work by
providing job opportunities locally and
supporting the entrepreneurial spirit, while
simultaneously maintaining the town's
long-standing character, in spite of all the
changes in statistics and landscape.
“To be honest, the culture of the
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Town of Sylvan Lake
WHAT:
Municipality that was incorporated in
1913 and was home to 13,015 residents,
according to the 2013 municipal census
WHERE:
Central Alberta, on the southeast shore
of Sylvan Lake – about 18 kilometers west
of the city of Red Deer
WEBSITE:
www.SylvanLake.ca
community hasn't changed all that much,”
she said. “Sylvan Lake is still very much a
lakeside community. Regardless of a larger
population, we still have the same values as
we had when we were a smaller community.
The established population that's been here
is used to a certainway of life, sowe've got to
balance out development.”
July-August 2014
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