Category: Blatchford

Efficiency and opportunity – Edmonton’s Community Energy Transition Strategy

April 28th, 2015 in 2013-2017 Term, A beautiful city, A city with better housing & transportation choices, A fiscally responsible city, An environmentally responsible city, Blatchford, Environment, Smarter Planning, Transit

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

Building a triple bottom line into Blatchford

June 10th, 2014 in 2013-2017 Term, A beautiful city, A city with better housing & transportation choices, A fiscally responsible city, Airport, Blatchford, Environment

There used to be a time when we would see the words ‘scaled back’ next to a city-backed project and applaud City Council for making a prudent decision. So when a few headlines bubbled up last week that pegged the new Blatchford plans as ‘scaled back’, it was a refreshing change to see some Edmontonians… Read More

Blatchford and the Big Decision

June 5th, 2014 in 2013-2017 Term, A beautiful city, A city with better housing & transportation choices, Airport, An environmentally responsible city, Blatchford, Smarter Planning

City building is a complex interplay of culture, market forces, and geography. A lot of it happens organically – but from time to time, cities face big, city-building decisions that alter their shape and their future. Closing the airport was one of those decisions – and it’s unlocked opportunity to build higher in the City’s… Read More