Positive change begins with thinking collaboratively together - the City and the community. Every conversation could begin with “Yes, we can. Let’s explore your ideas together.”

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The health of a city can be determined by examining its downtown. Through revitalization and focused effort we create a compelling heart for the community that will be a gift that everyone can be proud to share.

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A 1% tax increase equates to $20 per home owner annually. When we understand the community's values and carefully listen we can minimize taxes and use what is collected in a way that improves quality of life for all.

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By shifting City policy and working innovatively with the property owners we can turn brownfield sites and abandoned buildings into valuable community assets.

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Red Deer can lead the change in reducing energy consumption and costs while working to discover new ways to help citizens be lighter on the earth.

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Arts & culture lead to healthy economies and vibrant cities. As we thoughtfully help our community design and create facilities and amenities we attract new investment in Red Deer.

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People-centric projects enhance the quality of life and lead to economic stability. Careful consultation with the community can help the City with annual planning and budgeting. The most important projects should always come first.

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Welcome

Paul Harris

Welcome to my website. I hope you find this site useful, informative and thought provoking.

As a City Councillor, I am working to create important dialogue in the community about our future and our desires as a community. Let's talk about everything, from ecology to parkades, traffic flow to bike lanes, brownfield sites to box stores, safe streets to housing, parks and pathways to concert halls and recreation facilities, transportation to taxes, our watershed to the arts, density to markets, theatres to aquatic centres...

I hope that you'll work with me to make a difference in the City of Red Deer.

From the blog

One Bright Sheep

Written on January 3, 2012 at 5:44 am, by Paul Harris

One Bright Sheep is all it takes. We often talk about two levers we have at our disposal to manage a balanced budget. Those are: 1) reduction in services and programs and, 2) increase taxation. The community has asked us us for two things. Firstly: do not reduce services and programs… in fact increase them. [...]

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PH4C Campaign Update – September 12, 2010

Written on September 12, 2010 at 6:01 pm, by Paul Harris

Hello all. The campaign is progressing and it’s good to be prepared for the work. Starting in April has had its advantages, so has 20 years of community service & business in Red Deer. This week was my eighth at the market and outside of someone yelling from 20 feet back “Eco freak”… I had [...]

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At the market, the festival, and on the block.

Written on August 22, 2010 at 6:43 pm, by Paul Harris

Saturday was a great day.  I enjoyed the market, chatting with so many new faces, and working with my market companions, Natalia and Gail.  There were several really interesting moments.  Some crazy, some inspiring, some left me scratching my head. The eco-friendly campaign bags were a big hit — some even grew legs and disappeared.  [...]

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The Market Begins

Written on July 22, 2010 at 5:37 pm, by Paul Harris

This Saturday I’ll be down at the Public Market for the first time as a candidate for City Council.  The market remains one of Red Deer’s finest cultural events and it’s been awhile since I’ve been there as anything other than a visitor.  In the first three or four years when Sunworks was new my [...]

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