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How do we get it to pick up speed, yet stay on course?
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That’s the question two government-related entities Calgary Economic Development (CED) and Alberta Innovates are trying to answer as they devote about $50 million of taxpayer money to the cause.
The Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund, which is administered by CED, announced Wednesday it has issued two different requests for proposals as it strives to see 1,000 startup tech companies established in the city over the next decade.
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Welcome to the party.
That was the message Monday from Calgary’s mayor to the Kenney government after some decidedly mixed signals were sent from the province about the plight of the city’s downtown.
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Finance Minister Travis Toews said Friday he didn’t see any need to create a targeted program to address high vacancy rates in downtown office buildings in Calgary and Edmonton.
By Monday, Jobs, Economy and Innovation Minister Doug Schweitzer took a different tack, publishing a guest column in The Herald that announced the province was launching a “working group” to examine the future of downtown Calgary.