Cranbrook is a town that has been stripped said 'Pricetags'

This article was written in August of 2007.  It references Cranbrook and in light of the new draft sign bylaw Open House tomorrow, Wednesday December 5th it is worth thinking about.

'After a tour by rail and road through southern B.C., I have come to the conclusion that there are two kinds of small towns – the stripped and the constrained. And while that may be a tad simplistic, the communities of this province seem to be choosing to develop in one way or the other.

Cranbrook is a town that has been stripped. This Kootenay community of 18,000 is best known for the commercial sprawl that lines the Crowsnest Highway to its east:'

The whole article at:

http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2007/08/10/strip-search/

To find out more about Gordon Price, 61,  Director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University go to (www.sfu.ca/city).