Category: A city with better housing & transportation choices

Medium density supreme

I visited the Mill Creek Flexhomes yesterday, which I heard about because it won an Edmonton Urban Design Award. Turns out I used to serve on a condo board with the designers (Arnold Renschler & Chris Buyze) and it was nice to reconnect with them and see what they’ve been up to. This project has some really… Read More

The Way we Grow Up: Remarks on the MDP

Tonight Council gave second reading approval to our Municipal Development Plan. After considerable debate it’s more or less finished, subject to approval from the Capital Region Board, followed by third reading in May or June. We debated the restriction on gravel mining in the river valley, which was upheld in a close vote. The Kanata… Read More

Hope Springs Eternal for Light Rail City

In answering questions from Councillors during last week’s LRT routing debate, Transportation Department officials showed us a conceptual map of the full potential build out of our region’s LRT network to illustrate some points about connectivity. It caught all of us by surprise — pleasantly so. I called it the ‘Hope Springs Eternal’ map. I… Read More