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Vauxhall
Tilley
Ken Gousseau Village of Rosemary, and the Village
Ken Gousseau The high school has ranked in the top 10
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of Duchess.
of the Fraser Institute’s annual report on
educational institutions. The academy’s
The $60-million water line will reach
With fewer than 500 residents, Tilley
Few small towns in Alberta can claim that coaches are former scouts with professional
Tilley first from Brooks by the end of
may seem like a sparsely populated
they are known across North America, baseball connections. One of the coaches
May, allowing the village to expand
village, but in actuality the bedroom
but Vauxhall can, thanks to a renowned was part of the Canadian Junior national
and move ahead with a proposed 32-
community near Brooks is bursting at
baseball school in the community. baseball team in 2008.
lot residential development.
the seams.
“Now, with the water line coming,
In a bid to reverse declining enrolment Vauxhall’s roughly 1,000 residents enjoy
Tilley has outgrown its water system
we’re excited about moving ahead,”
at the local high school, the Vauxhall other first-rate recreational facilities,
and as a result, residential and
Timko says. “But with that being said,
Academy of Baseball was created about including a golf course, a racquetball court,
industrial growth has ground to a
due to economic conditions, we’re also
three years ago, complete with a high-end in addition to a community complex with
standstill in the small southeastern
going to move ahead with caution.”
ball park. skating and curling rinks, an outdoor pool
Alberta village.
Village council – represented by Timko,
“The goal was to develop high-school-aged
and a hall.
“As we say, it’s a good place to grow,
deputy mayor Stan Zahn and Coun.
boys who are very keen on baseball across Residents also take part in numerous annual whether you’re a family or a business,”
Carol Charlton – is currently sizing up
the country,” explains Vauxhall Mayor Lois events scheduled throughout the year, such says Tilley Mayor John Timko. “People
the consumer appetite for new homes
Maloney, who says the academy has been as the Valentine Banquet, Lobsterfest in are knocking at our door and asking
in the proposed development amid
a runaway success, drawing students from February and farmers’ markets from May if they can come in and we’re saying,
the present economic downturn.
across Canada and the United States. to December.
‘we’d love to have you, but I don’t know
“There’s a lot of caution in the air,”
where we’re going to put you right
As the cattle industry faced challenges,
Timko says, referring to the economic
now.’ But we’re going to find a way.”
Vauxhall’s farmers diversified, growing uncertainty gripping the globe. “We’re
hybrid crops and corn. Some producers
The solution, Timko says, is a regional
frugal, but we also want to move
also grow organic crops such as peas and
water project between the Village of
ahead. And we want to make sure
corn for agrifood plants in Taber.
Tilley the County of Newell, the City
when we do move ahead, that value is
of Brooks, the Town of Bassano, the
“We’re lucky to have some young farmers
there for our dollar.”
coming into the mix,” Maloney says. ”Our
farmers have always led the way as far as
efficient practices and good environmental
practices and consequently have always
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