Cooper: Community improvement districts

I found myself in Mortlach, Saskatchewan over the long weekend. It was the first time my kids had been on Highway #1 and the first time I ever found myself in Mortlach.
I loved what I found there: trendy cafés and shops, an urban forest, a photo gallery along Main Street. It is a really nice town of only 260 people.
Now the trading area is larger, which helps any town, but being only 20 minutes out of Moose Jaw means they have big competition in almost everything they do. If I was going t