The Fraser Valley is enjoying record growth, with the value of building permits in Abbotsford climbing to $226 million during the first five months of the year, up from $148 million in the same period of 2005. "Land constraints in the inner-core communities in the Greater Vancouver area and the scarcity of land and affordability is driving people out to the Valley," Abbotsford's economic development manager Jay Teichroeb said in an interview. Full article here, June 2006.