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What about HRM?

Halifax Regional Municipality

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Targeted versus Actual Population Growth Rates for HRM 2006-2010

TargetedActual*

Population Growth Rates 1980-1990

City City Growth Rate Suburban Growth RateDetroit 2.12 -14.56Toledo -6.12 7.23Akron -6.13 2.80Chicago -7.37 7.56Milwaukee -1.40 5.79Syracuese -3.67 4.89St. Louis -12.39 6.41Philadelphia -6.08 8.02Rochester -4.18 5.66Cincinnati -5.55 7.14Baltimore -6.46 16.52Kansas City -2.88 14.79Washington, D.C. -4.94 26.95Halifax* -5.26 28.57

Exit Five

1973 2011

Key objectives of the Our HRM Alliance

1. Healthy and active population2. Robust transportation systems3. Sustainable development4. Protected and connected blue and green

areas, as well as the primacy of green practices5. Vibrant community centres across the entire

municipality, including urban, suburban, and rural

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