Arenas, libraries, fire halls, and transit hubs have all been built with public money on public land in Edmonton.

But in the future, private dollars could be in play for some new or upgraded facilities as the city’s pool of money available for big projects shrinks.

“In order to do everything that we want to do, we may need to look at creative solutions,” said Mayor Andrew Knack.

How the city could share the cost of some new projects was on council’s agenda Tuesday, with a wishlist of projects that may be a good fit.

Upgrading a busy library in central Edmonton’s Woodcroft neighbourhood is one of the city administrators’ suggestions, saying the city could look for private funding to help rebuild the library, plus, perhaps, something else as well on public land.

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