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Policy in brief Small and medium sized businesses employ a significant number of Edmontonians and they contribute to the diversity and resiliency of our economy. Encouraging the next level of growth among these businesses is absolutely vital as we build a more profitable, prosperous, and vibrant city. What we’ll do in the short term Create… Read More
Policy in brief We need to build a new financial formula to fund our city’s future: one that instills a culture of innovation and efficiency within administration, and works toward ending our reliance on regressive property taxes. What we’ll do in the short term I will introduce a new program called “Council’s 2%,” a goal… 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
[UPDATE, Sept. 12, 2013: Mayor Mandel requested a high level summary report that was discussed at this week’s Executive Committee. It’s worth a read and has the up-to-date numbers.] Let’s be clear: Edmonton doesn’t have a ‘Detroit problem.’ There’s been a fair bit of discussion in the press (good Edmonton Journal story here) and on… Read More
I think we’re almost ready to be a big city. However, one of the things we still need to get right is patios: increasing opportunities to operate them, streamlining the rules for them, and working with the province to open up still more opportunities. Today a report (and supplemental attachments) was released in answer to… Read More