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Airdrie is a great place to do business. A thriving small business community is part of the attraction of living in Airdrie and the efforts of city entrepreneurs is recognized every year.

The call for nominations for the 19th Airdrie Business Awards is out.  Airdrie residents are invited to nominate a business that is making a difference, enhancing the quality of life in the community.  Local businesses are also welcome to self-nominate.

There are five categories of awards that will be handed out this fall at the annual gala, scheduled to take place Oct. 20 at the Bert Church Theatre.

Winning Edge Award

Airdrie businesses with fewer than 50 employees qualify for this award which recognizes excellence in the areas of customer service, growth in

Airdrie residents love Nose Creek Park, a 40-acre parkland on the south side of downtown.   In a recent survey, it was reported that 90% of residents had visited Nose Creek Park with its pathways and nature trails at least once over a two-year period. 

Now the City of Airdrie is launching an improvement plant to enhance the much-used park on the south side of the city as part of the Great Spaces Plan.  Starting next week construction will begin on park improvements which include a boardwalk along the south side of the pond, better washrooms, an improved concession booth and an exciting new amphitheatre.  It also includes refreshed landscaping.

The cost for this vast undertaking is pegged at $2.6 million. The funds were set aside in the 2016 capital

Parents of young children in Airdrie often find out about preschools through word of mouth and recommendations.  Most often, parents want to know:

• Are the teachers nice?
• What are the teachers’ qualifications?
• What is the discipline policy?
• What is the tuition?
• What are the hours?
• Is there a waiting list to register?
• When is registration?
• What will my child learn?
• What is the teaching philosophy?
• Who is on the board of this non-profit preschool?
• How often are the toys cleaned?
• Are there accommodations for children with special needs?

The list can go on and on. 

Kid’s Connection Preschool is licensed by the City of Airdrie and is located inside Genesis Place.  The school offers programs for kids from three to

The dry prairie surrounding the City of Airdrie does not pose as much of a fire danger as the tall pines of the Boreal Forest surrounding Fort McMurray but the threat is still very real.  Wind can whip a blaze into a raging ball of fire in a matter of minutes, as we have recently witnessed up north.

Fire extinguished

Tinder dry conditions throughout the province have resulted in hundreds of fires and Airdrie is just as vulnerable.  Recently, two acres of grassland on the south west side of the city burned on April 19.  Fortunately, the fire didn’t burn any Airdrie homes, outbuildings or cause any harm to people or wildlife.  The fire took three hours for firefighters to extinguish with 11 personnel and five pieces of equipment in the evening, just

With so many new communities on the south side of the city, it’s no wonder that Yankee Boulevard in Airdrie is so crazy busy.

The City of Airdrie recently conducted a study of traffic patterns on Yankee Valley just to determine the impact of more traffic from all the new neighbourhoods on that end of town. 

The first thing evident is that there is no left hand turn option from northbound Sierra Springs Drive which runs through the retail and commercial area west of the QEII and south of Yankee Valley Blvd.   With no left turn at this intersection, more traffic is opting to travel on Main Street which is putting too much pressure on this road – a road not designed to handle a lot of traffic.  ISL Engineering was contracted by the City of Airdrie to

In a unanimous vote, Airdrie city council approved a development for the community of Reunion earlier this month. Council had asked the developer, Slokker Canada West, to make several changes after the first presentation to council two years ago.

The revision was approved for the 12.34-acre project which includes the addition of 120 attached homes and an adult 50-plus development. 

Talks about what to do with this site, which is at 2084 Reunion Blvd, between a variety of developers and Airdrie council have been taking place for six years.

The original plan for this location was for a senior citizen’s complex and about 480 residential units but it was deemed unsustainable.

Slokker Canada West bought this parcel three years ago and with a new

Airdrie is home to one of 500 schools across the province to use energy completely driven by the winds of eastern Alberta.

École francophone d’Airdrie belongs to one of the 25 provincial school boards that started receiving wind from the Bull Creek wind farm, owned and operated by a Calgary firm called BluEarth Renewables. It’s a 29-megawatt wind plant with those tall white windmills with gigantic blades that lazily cut through the air, generating electricity as they go.  Bull Creek is near the Alberta and Saskatchewan border and at the present time cranks out enough energy to supply power to 10,000 homes.

Conseil Scolaire FrancoSud School Division has signed a long-term agreement with the Calgary-based company and started using renewable energy at

An overwhelming majority of Airdrie residents who recently completed the 2016 Citizen Satisfaction Survey conducted by the City say they’re pretty much okay with living there.

In all, 96% of respondents indicated they were satisfied overall with the type of quality of life they enjoyed in Airdrie.

The satisfaction survey was taken over a week-long period in January of 2016 and polled the thoughts of 400 people in a random telephone survey.  The survey included more than 5,000 residents but many declined to participate and many more could not be contacted by telephone.

Compared with the survey taken in the same time frame last year, the rating is down by 1% - from 97% in 2015 to 96% this year.

However, the research firm which conducted the

There’s a reason why school breakfast programs are popping up all over Canada.  Kids aren’t eating at home, often because there’s no food for them at home and sometimes because there just isn’t’ time.

An Airdrie mom is jumping on the breakfast bandwagon and has rallied local businesses to help her get other residents on board to feed local students the most important meal of the day.

Nancy McPhee who is with Stephen’s Backpacks Society in Airdrie has partnered with Suzanne Turner, who is a manager with Superstore in Airdrie to spread awareness of the value and importance of a nutritious meal first thing in the morning. McPhee has been a regular volunteer with the breakfast program run at Airdrie’s George McDougall School which is completely

Like items destined for the Blue Cart, Airdrie city council refused to throw out the idea of a recycling program in multi-family developments.

At the March 7 meeting, Council approved with 100% participation from members to implement a new program.

The idea itself was ratified last fall when Council voted to add condos, townhouses and apartment buildings to the municipal recycling program through private contractors, but asked City of Airdrie staff to come back to chambers with more thorough details on the mechanics of the program.

Airdrie Waste and Recycling Services team leader, Susan Grimm, outlined the requirements of the program to Council and stated that owners and building management must provide residents with things like storage