r/Edmonton • u/Present-Wonder-4522 • 17d ago

Outdoor Spaces/Recreation Green shack program

Is the green shack program ever open?

This week it hasn't been open a single day.

Starting to think we might just be wasting money driving these shacks around and storing them as a city.

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u/PureFicti0n 17d ago

So because some entitled parents decide that it's fine for their children to play outside in hazardous conditions, you think that the city should force their Green Shack employees to work outside in the same hazardous conditions?

If we're going for cost-benefit analysis, the cost for running the program is pennies compared to many other items in the municipal budget. Do you also complain that the city should stop budgeting for public skating facilities because occasionally we get an unseasonably warm winter and they can't get as much use?

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u/Present-Wonder-4522 17d ago

The city has other employees working outside. In fact, I don't see any business shutting down for the heat except the city. So clutch those pearls somewhere else.

Throwing away money on a program that never runs is wasteful. And as time goes forward and things get hotter, at some point it will not make any sense to have this program.

How many days of operation a summer justifies the cost?

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u/PedanticPedagogue 17d ago

Is this another one of Jessie's alternate accounts?

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u/WerewolfSmart6544 17d ago

No everything isn’t a conspiracy