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Yesterday, city administration released a report that estimates the expected costs and revenues the city’s recently approved ‘greenfields’ (i.e. new suburban developments) will generate over a 50-year term. These are called our ‘Urban Growth Areas’ and they are essentially the outer 3 corners of our city, and they are very large in scale. It should… Read More
Happy new year. While these are interesting and challenging economic times, they present an opportunity to develop business ties and keep our eyes on the long term. I have just returned from an eight-day mission to China and Hong Kong, where I helped to mark our city’s first waste-management project abroad, promoted air links to… Read More
We are now deep into budget discussions for the City’s 2016-2018 Operating Budget and there are still difficult decisions ahead over which initiatives to fund and which ones we can reduce to get closer to a reasonable tax increase. This year – as in the past – police funding draws a significant amount of attention. On… Read More
This year’s three-year Operating Budget binder is exactly 734 pages long, and over the past week I’ve been over it numerous times looking for ways to reduce what Council is asking you to contribute to building, running, and fixing our City. When planning for this budget started, we were the fastest growing city in the… Read More
In a lot of ways, widespread infill development across our established neighbourhoods is a new concept to Edmonton. While traditionally we’ve seen small scale infill occur (i.e. replacing one older house with an enormous new house), the changes that City Council has recently endorsed (including subdividing lots 50’ and larger) enables more opportunities for diverse… Read More