Regina Rocks

Wow, it should be another good year out west, with spin-offs here at the Old Sherwood Retail Greenhouses.

• Building permits issued by the City of Regina for the past five years:
• $241 million in 2005,
• $276 million in 2006,
• $338 million in 2007
• $342 million in 2008 and,
• $377-million in 2009 as of the end of October.

Last minute entries were two permits — $31.5 million & $3.5 million — for warehouses at the Loblaw's warehousing and distribution centre being constructed in the new inter-modal terminal located in west Regina.

With a $50-million surge in the last week of October, Regina's building permit values for 2009 surpassed the $377-million mark — smashing the previous record of $342 million set last year with two months remaining in the construction season.

Is it any wonder Mayor Pat Fiacco has just been elected for his fourth consecutive mandate. It's simply called rewarding success. He promotes the inflow of business (read as cash & jobs) over internal taxes.

Regina has a multitude of projects underway, and my favorite is:
A $9.8-million building permit, for an addition to Consumers' Co-operative Refinery, which of course also helps the numbers,
    ---  plus creates well paid jobs in our oil industry!