And, evidence of what appears to be an insane politicisation of the hospital expansion: https://rdnewsnow.com/2022/10/14/ludicrous-and-bewildering-local-mayors-blast-latest-delay-of-hospital-construction/ A link to the original announcement...

Further word about the airport expansion: construction of the runway continues, but will not necessarily be accompanied by a new terminal. https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/red-deer-airport-runway-widening-almost-complete/

Photos from October 17th of the new downtown Justice Centre (or, ahem, "Court of Justice" for those who are unaware of the sort of things that go down in a law court). I think the thing is turning out reasonably well.

Hi folks, I have a few updates regarding construction here in Red Deer. On the lates is progress on construction of the new Centre for Excellence/Advocacy Centre, currently well along on the Red Deer Polytechnique campus...

I think high speed rail would be a game changer. There are already professionals who live here who commute to jobs in Edmonton, and we have well-paying professional positions that are difficult to fill. Opening Edmonton and Calgary's job market - through high speed rail - more widely to people...

I've lived in Red Deer for 5 years now, and - as a fan of urbanism living in a small prairie city - I definitely have a wish list for Red Deer. The top of my list is a willingness to invest more of the tax revenues generated by downtown into making the downtown a more desirable place to live and...

Thanks for the welcome. It's nice to find a place where Red Deer developments get some love. :)

$1.8 billion announced for Red Deer hospital expansion Feb 23, 2022 | 10:52 AM Expansion of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre will officially get a $1.8 billion investment in Thursday’s provincial budget. The injection of funds into central Alberta health care capacity was announced by...

CplKingler, I'm excited about the Advocacy Centre and excited about some of the directions of RDP in general. There seems to be an ongoing strategy of offering services there - Bethany Eldercare and Westpark Middle School to name two - and then offering opportunities for on-campus (or almost...