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The question for many in the cycling community following City Council’s decision to remove bike lanes on both 95th and 40th Avenues is: what now? On the surface, it felt like a step backwards for a city that had made some positive strides in offering residents transportation options other than the four-wheeled variety. Mixed signals… Read More
There are very few projects that have conflicted City Council as much as the Galleria. Our hesitancy has sent mixed signals about whether Council believed this project was a good idea or not. But there were good reasons for hesitation. When the Galleria was first proposed several years ago, we were concerned with the level… Read More
Climate change and energy security are topics that garner a significant amount of attention, but they are issues that have become clouded with noise. To see the real gravity of the these issues, however, we don’t have to look much further than the disastrous Calgary floods of 2013, the increasingly intense summer storms we now… Read More
On Wednesday, City Council had a chance to discuss the West Rossdale development and refine a vision for the area we’re now calling ‘River Crossing‘. River Crossing’s new vision asks us to step back and consider the Rossdale development in the context of the wider area and the incredibly significant role the site has played… Read More
I’ve just returned home from leading my first overseas mission, a two-week trip to China and South Korea that included representatives of the City, Edmonton Airports, and Edmonton Economic Development. The trip was full of meaningful moments — both official and unscripted — and, on the long journey home, I had time to reflect on… Read More