With all of the new businesses opening in High River, there are some in the downtown core that are not real, and are all part of a set for the television series Tin Star.

Economic Development Manager Jodi Dawson says the production is bringing jobs and money to town with it.

"$32,000 is paid out directly to businesses who are impacted on film days. They've paid $94,000 to background performers from the area, and $800,000 building the set in the old Vespucci building, and most of that was sourced locally."

Crews expect about half of their time will be spent filming in High River and the other half around the Foothills and should be done in November.

"I have had a couple calls asking what The Great Divide Pizza is like and what's that noodle place like. They're not real, they're part of the set. It's awesome because it has uplifted the look of those streets. They have been nothing but a solid and invested community partner."

Dawson says they've been the perfect guests and have invested a lot of money in town too.

"They have been renting the Memorial Centre to eat their food out of, even though they don't have to do that. They made arrangements to park their vehicles out in Wallaceville, to minimize the impact to our downtown. They invested in all of the fake store fronts in the empty buildings along 3rd and 4th Avenues.

The series Tin Star is described as a story of betrayal, deception and murder in a remote, Canadian mountain town.

High River Economic Development Manager, Jodi Dawson.

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