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Sports
Aubrey Ross of Botha and Tara Switzer of Big Valley win top spots at Stettler Barrel Race
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Community Stacey Lavallie/Independent reporter
Doors close in Gadsby after 38 years
A family passes the beach ball back-and-forth in the shallow pool, sending the giant multi-coloured orb dancing all over the area, frequently requiring fetching from the deeper pool or the pool deck during the pool anniversary party. Please see our story on page 4.
Town continues to grow despite oil industry troubles
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Entertainment in the Park Wednesday Aug. 5 at 7:00 p.m. West Stettler Park
Drew Drew Gregory Gregory Up next week: Domino
Stacey Lavallie INDEPENDENT REPORTER For the first six months of 2015, the Town of Stettler issued permits worth $6,132,085 in all building categories, a 117 per cent increase over the same period last year. Strong industrial building permit applications bolstered the lagging institutional building permits to help keep the first half of 2015 ahead of last year, with building permits in other categories remaining about the same comparatively. There was $750,000 in industrial building permit issuance, with $250,000 of it in January and $500,000 in June. Residential permits also man-
aged to reach double the level the same period in 2014, with $2,075,775 in permits issued. Demolitions, basement renovations, sheds and garages bolstered this category of building permits. April was the busiest of months, with $747,075 worth of permits issued. Commercial permits lagged behind as compared to last year, but not by much. The $3,130,400 in commercial permits came at only $116,711 less than the $3,300,111 figure of last year. The biggest drop was in institutional building permits, which came in with $175,910 worth of building permits given out. Last year in the same period, $486,200
worth of permits were issued. The dollar value is the estimated value of the work to be done through the permits, not the cost of the permission documents. Residential construction permits were down the first six months from the same period last year, but on par with 2013. There were permits issued for four single-family residents, one duplex and four mobile homes, for a total of 10 permits (the duplex being worth two). During the same period last year, 14 new construction permits were issued, though none were duplexes and there were less mobile home permits. The average
new building permits issues range usually between 10-50, with some years seeing higher numbers due to duplex building or large residences like Points West (which caused 2012 to have 111 building permits issued). Dave Dittrick with ZAP Municipal Consulting, is filling in for Leann Graham, who is on maternity leave. He said the numbers look strong so far this year. “We are up 17 per cent yearover-year respecting building permit values,” he said. “We have issued permits for 10 residential dwelling units, and are projecting to exceed the 2014 residential dwelling unit totals in 2015.”
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