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Today, Executive Committee will discuss a number of important reports that could have a deep and lasting impact on our city’s shape and form. It’s no secret that Edmonton is undergoing tremendous growth and Council is exploring a number of tools to help manage this change, and capitalize on the opportunity. Infill is at the… Read More
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
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
Yesterday marked the last day of the Live Below the Line challenge put on by the Global Poverty Project – a five-day challenge to live on $1.75 per day food and drink. This is roughly the ‘line’ below which 1.2 billion people on Earth subsist for all their needs. The idea is to raise awareness… Read More
Sometimes politics is like playing a game of chess. Other times it’s more like making sense of a 1,000 piece puzzle. And on rare occasions – like last night – you feel like you’re doing both simultaneously. Before the lights were finally turned off, City Council passed a motion that set some parameters for any… Read More