By battlefordsNOW

Town of Battleford on development high

Oct 16, 2018 | 5:46 PM

The Town of Battleford has had a good year for development so far, and has actually exceeded the City of North Battleford’s count.

Battleford Mayor Ames Leslie said when he attended last week’s appreciation dinner for retired Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz in Lloydminster, he and council were congratulated for the town’s success in bringing in so much new development.

“It wasn’t anything of one against the other,” he said. “One Member of Parliament had mentioned they noticed the Town of Battleford’s building permit values were higher than the city’s. It’s not something they’ve seen before.”

Leslie said the town had close to $27-million in permit values for development projects so far, for January to September based on the latest building permit report. That’s also a big boost from the same time in 2017, when the town had about $5.1-million value in permits from development.

The new Thunderchild First Nation cannabis grow operation being built off Highway 16, west of Battleford, accounts for $20 million of the total $26.6 million value of the builds for the 2018 year-to-date count for building permits.

Lighting it up

P.A.'s Zablocki leads Regina to victory on Day 4 at Esso Cup

3h ago

Rustlers Volleyball

Crusaders' Bell excited for next chapter with Lakeland College

3h ago

Nothing but Net

Vikings' standouts ready for national stage with Team Saskatchewan

6h ago

The mayor said the town was given a proverbial pat on the back for council and administration’s work.

“It’s a good showing to see when property permit values are that high,” he said. 

angela.brown@jpbg.ca

On Twitter: @battlefordsnow