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Originally Posted by speedog
Airdrie is another sleeper when it comes to growth although Airdrie will most likely never be anything but a major bedroom community to Calgary. Stunning growth though, enough so to surpass the next 3 or 4 cities above it in Alberta within the next few years.
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Municipal census just released, grew at a modest 4.98% from April 2016 to April 2017, now sitting at 64,922 residents.
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Originally Posted by eternallyme
True but that is more related to growth in Calgary than general growth.
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While most certainly true, compared with 30 years ago the city does offer everything people need. I still remember that we had to drive in to Beddington Co-op for groceries, was pretty exciting when we finally got our own out here! Lol. We really need a revamp of our downtown here and maybe we could start attracting more businesses to town. I really hoped that when Fortis Alberta headquartered here it would be the start of something, but never really panned out. But of course the ease of the commute to DT Calgary plays a major role and always will for Airdrie growth. Hopefully in the next few years we will get our 40th ave 1/2 interchange on QE2 and relieve some of the stress from all other interchanges