Despite a soft month of August for values, building permits are still ahead for the year in North Battleford.
For the year through August, 89 permits have been issued for $16,785,600, compared to 85 for 16,691,625 the year before.
For August, there were 10 permits issued, exactly the same as the year before, but permit values had dropped from $702,500 to $489,000.
The numbers were presented to the planning committee meeting Monday.
One positive that City Manager Randy Patrick took was the growth in the new commercial category. That is up from $10.5 million to $11.3 million. Other areas are pretty much on track.
In all, it was a little bit of an improvement, “especially in the area you want to see it in,” said Patrick.
