Calgary 2019 Civic Census

[MichaelS]

No towers to be built here though. Low rise is it. When I bought my house in 2018 I was told I can’t build taller than 40m.

Rules made by a City Council can always be undone / remade by a subsequent City Council.

 

[Mountain Man]

Does Airdrie need towers? 6 stories seems perfectly appropriate for "high density" there.

 

[Albertasaurus]

If I recall correctly, Airdrie doesn't have adequate firefighting equipment for highrise towers, which is one reason they don't have towers there and likely won't anytime soon.

 

[darwink]

wouldn't be too hard to 'prove' that a high tower would more than pay for itself. plus buy a firetruck to grease the wheels of the fire department. Who doesn't want more and diverse equipment

 

[Rollerstud98]

Airdrie census ongoing.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I'm going to say it'll pass the 90K mark.

 

[JesseLikesCities]

I'm going to say it'll pass the 90K mark.

Definitely, I was looking the last night and it put on almost 10k between it's previous two censuses.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Ah okay, for some reason I thought the last census was 5K increase. Either way Airdrie is close to 6 figures.

 

[Rollerstud98]

I think the prediction 2as for 91k this year. There's actually some development happening to the north again now and quite a bit to the west.

 

[Habanero]

Last year Airdrie grew by just over 5000, so 91K sounds accurate. Because of such a booming year for Calgary last year, I could see it maybe even being 92 or 93K.

 

[zagox]

Ah okay, for some reason I thought the last census was 5K increase. Either way Airdrie is close to 6 figures.

100,000 people and yet no reason to go there.

 

[blue12]

100,000 people and yet no reason to go there.

Typical of most bedroom communities anywhere, though.

 

[JoeUrban]

100,000 people and yet no reason to go there.

They just need to get an actual downtown going. Fill in the vacant lots in the commercial core.
But meh, to me Airdrie is Alberta's Mississauga. Complete with a downtown anchored by a shopping mall, just without all of the downtown towers...yet

 

[JTron]

Airdrie’s downtown will build up, just a matter of when.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Airdrie must be the largest city in the western hemisphere without a high rise (12 floors or more)... even Grand Prairie has a high rise