Calgary playground funding: 80% at risk without new investment

Calgary city councillors say outside organizations may have to step up to save city playgrounds, as a new report says 80 per cent could be gone without additional funding. Members of Calgary’s Infrastructure and Planning Committee (IPC) will be provided four options for preserving Calgary’s 1,172 playgrounds, as the report suggests 960 of the existing could close by 2036 without...
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