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10 stories exploring community development across the city.
In Brandon, entrepreneur Amara Patel has transformed a boarded-up block into a mixed-use hub pairing small manufacturers, food entrepreneurs, and training programs—creating jobs, preserving heritage, and pushing a bold, locally rooted growth model across Westman.
A grassroots coalition in Brandon is transforming vacant storefronts, riverfront spaces, and heritage sites into community assets. Neighbours, Indigenous partners and small businesses are crafting a pragmatic vision for Westman's future prosperity.
A coalition of residents, planners, and Indigenous leaders in Westman is remaking neglected riverfronts and vacant lots into affordable homes, green spaces, and economic opportunities — a measured model of rural regional development with human stakes.
A deep dive into the ambitious Westman development initiative, a community-led example of creative vision and purposeful planning.