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Originally Posted by Shazam
I am not talking about how long they have been there or whether they are following laws or not. The reality is that economic growth and community revitalization within the Inglewood/Ramsay area is being limited by the plant.
I do recall some Ramsay residents pressuring the company and city hall to get the plant closed last year.
East Village is easy to get to via Blackfoot.
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They pressured Lillydale to move and failed miserably.
Lillydale isn't the problem in Ramsay as I see it. Where do you draw the line? Are you going to get rid of the concrete plant? What about the contaminated land at the old Shell building, adjacent to the tracks on 11 St? What about the train tracks? Should we tear down the old Calgary Brewery?
Ramsay was a district where people lived where they worked, and had been long neglected by the city. Now that the yuppies and that sort have discovered that there are some cool older homes in that area, suddenly these businesses that have been there since the beginning are getting the squeeze. I didn't see anyone trying to close down the Burns plant when it was still operating, complete with feedlot and rendering all those years ago. Now that Ramsay can be considered trendy, we don't want those businesses in our back yard.