Edmonton businesses say city permit delays costing them thousands: Im running out of money – Edmonton [Video]

Many business owners are expressing frustration over permit delays they say they are experiencing with the City of Edmonton.

In business, time is money and some entrepreneurs say they have paid tens of thousands of dollars in rent without being able to open their doors because their permits took months — or in some cases even upwards of a year — to be approved.

But the City of Edmonton maintains its permit process is one the best in Canada.

April Brown is still trying to open Rootbar Salon in Edmonton, eight months after she said she completed her initial application.

“The process has been about six+ months just to get a building permit going,” Brown said.

“We didn’t find out until Dec. 23 that we needed an architect to basically just stamp our drawings.

After starting to build the salon, Brown was still waiting for approvals to get things done.

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