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Calgary Extends Downtown Permit Relief | Calgary News
Calgary’s city council is poised to make permanent a nine-year-old program that lets downtown small businesses skip development permits for renovations and expansions — a lifeline born after the 2014 oil crash. Since launching, it’s saved businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars and hundreds of days, helping storefronts survive amid office vacancies and declining foot traffic. Backed by business groups who praise its red-tape reduction, the initiative could soon become a model for the whole city — though officials caution that downtown’s unique needs may require different approaches…
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