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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Good change. Before this spirals into the suburb vs inner city debate; even if you love the burbs its only fair that development there cover it's fair share of the costs.
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In addition, it should be fair across the board. I can't ask for suburban developers to pay their fair share and let inner-city developers off the hook, which is why I'm wary of TIF. In my opinion, we should be using property tax surcharges for both forms of development.
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Originally Posted by bizaro86
It definitely will support non-suburban development, since suburban development will get more expensive. However, I bet more people will trade "down" to an ex-urban Airdrie/Okotoks/Cochrane than will trade "up" to an inner city development.
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It's gotten to the point that this is no longer a more pressing concern for the City. It was interesting to read the change of emphasis in the SDA documents this time around.