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These restrictive covenants (caveats that are registered on the land title) left by Safeway after closing stores all over Edmonton are a barrier to building complete communities, and they undermine competition in the food retail sector. (The most recent report to Council on this issue last year can be accessed here for background.) It was great to… Read More
“Why Edmonton?” That’s the root question behind the Make Something Edmonton city brand and reputation initiative, which reported back to Executive Committee yesterday. They started with a lovely video summing up the “Make Something Edmonton” spirit: For my family, the answer to ‘Why Edmonton?’ is a mix of great schools, great quality of life, great quality of place including… Read More
Some questions that come in on social media really can’t be answered properly via those channels, so (based on part on the popularity of this previous post in the same vein) I’m going to do this regularly. @DaniParadis @doniveson BUT WHAT DOES HE THINK ABOIT FLUORIDE?! #yegvoteshenanigans — WTF Alberta? (@lilykalee) July 15, 2013 I… Read More
Yesterday Council received an update and debated what to do with the Southeast LRT – or the Valley Line as we are now calling it. Frustratingly, we have been forced to delay on account of inadequate support from the other orders of government. There’s no shortage of commitment from this Council, which has pledged $800… Read More
In the four days I spent at the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Shapers conference, I learned that most cities have similar problems: funding challenges, old and troubled infrastructure, poverty. While there, I learned from these leaders about how they’re solving those problems, so we might apply the best ideas here, and talking about how… Read More