Congratulations on winning the “Big Yellow Taxi Award” for 2022! Your commitment to the vision in that beloved song is evident to anyone who visits your sprawling exurb.
From the sign that screams “35 minutes to downtown Calgary” over the heads of drivers queueing up on ol' 22, to the “Room to Breathe” banners that block the view of the earth movers raising chipboard monuments to our automobile culture, folks there know where you stand vis a vis paving and parking lots.
Without you, where would debt-wracked white people slurp bad coffee served by people they wouldn't trust as neighbours as they crawl towards the towers of downtown Cowtown?
Without you, what would drive away customers in danger of frequenting urban businesses and supporting our cities' cores?
From all of us… thank you