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As part of a bold kickoff to the Global Energy Show in Calgary today, man sticks head up his own arse. 🏭💨

What’s shocking is that Councillor Sonya Sharp, the chair of the arena committee, seems to imply that because the deal was negotiated by a third party (that she appointed) it’s not her fault that taxpayers got hosed.

According to NAOIP and BOMA:
"Any alignment other than underground will negatively affect the Centre City in the following ways:
-Reduced assessed property values for the property adjacent the line requiring these taxes to be collected elsewhere within the City's assessment base"

Devin Dreeshen's Dani-Line makeover of the Green Line will sterilize all adjacent private property developments in the Beltline and Downtown.

Truman's First and Tenth project will be one of many reduced to collateral damage.

After Before

In other words, the new arena that is supposed to be a “catalyst” for the district will sit desolate 165 days/year.