Civil Municipal View Feb2023

19 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2 He adds, “That was developed through some extensive consultation and connection with our community. We’re really proud of that and excited to see how that will help us maintain our unique character, which is a challenge as we grow and mature, and change. It wasn’t that long ago that we were a small town of 10,000 people, and now we’re 35,000 people. We know we can’t do that alone, we need the private sector, the not-for-profit sector, and the government all working together to accomplish that.” With fast growth comes new challenges, as Mayor Genung acknowledges, “I’ve always referred to them as good problems. Growth brings the challenges of infrastructure, obviously. Council identified our road network as one of the key priorities early on in our term, and Council prior to us had established the network for the new bridge, which we had the privilege of opening a couple of years back. It was the Jack Tennant Memorial Bridge, connecting one half of our community to the other across the Bow River. COCHRANE , ALBERTA