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The Money Angle: How To Win Over Skeptics
Your downtown isn't a money pit — it's a money pot. When Medicine Hat, Alberta, discovered the real financial value of traditional urban form, it sparked something bigger: a grassroots movement that's now changing who runs city hall. Superintendent of Planning Shawn Champagne joins Norm to discuss small bets, fiscal resilience, and why bottom-up change actually works.
ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES
Shawn Champagne: shacha@medicinehat.ca
Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn)
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