t’s beginning to look a lot like 2005 in Stony Plain. Population is steadily
increasing. Applications for building permits are on the rise. And an overall
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feeling of progress and vitality is tangible in the 100-plus-year-old central Alberta
town.
But where the last such advance left chaos, the 2014 version has a decidedly different
feel.
In fact, according to Jean Porteous, Stony Plain’s director of planning and
infrastructure, it’s the lessons learned from past rises that will stave off a repeat of the
problems that can follow
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| BusinessWorld | 71
June-July 2014
