SUMMER SOLSTICE
- #YEGlongday project captures June 21 [Global Edmonton]
- What are you doing on the longest day of the year? [CBC Edmonton]
DEVELOPMENT
- EVENT: 104 Avenue Corridor Public Workshop June 23 [City of Edmonton]
- Editorial: Blatchford neighbourhood more than the sum of its gizmo parts [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton mayor defends changes to former airport development [Edmonton Journal]
- Contamination cleanup clears way for new building on Whyte Avenue [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton residents tell developer to tone down size of new Whyte Avenue development [Metro Edmonton]
- Daryl Katz and city officials break ground for new downtown office tower [Edmonton Journal]
TRANSPORTATION
- St. Albert starts discussions with residents on proposed LRT route [Metro Edmonton]
- What the Bike workshops become art by Edmonton’s poet laureate, artist [Metro Edmonton]
- City might relax minimum parking requirements on busy streets [Edmonton Journal]
- Montreal North America’s best kept cycling secret [Spacing National]
- 10 cheap and easy ways to make cities friendlier to bikes [Calgary Herald]
HERITAGE
- Historical cookbook project seeks vintage Edmonton recipes [Edmonton Historical Cookbook]
- Herzog: Edmonton’s taxi pioneers [Edmonton Heritage Council]
PARKS AND OPEN SPACE
- The top 10 playgrounds in Edmonton [Frugal Edmonton Mama]
- State of the Environment report released [City of Edmonton]
- Staples: a downtown sand park is right for Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- Students get their hands dirty in new urban agriculture class [Global Edmonton]
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
- Instagram meets beard to build brand Edmonton [Alberta Venture]
- Edmonton wants to be an open city [Mastermaq]
- Royal Alberta Museum in dispute over aboriginal consultations [CBC Edmonton]
- City hopes for sunny days ahead as it tries to reduce power consumption [Edmonton Journal]
- We won’t force regional planning, PC leadership candidates tell Calgary councillors [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton Public School district recommends closure of three schools in greater Lawton area [Metro Edmonton]
- Vacancy rate a “recipe for disaster” says mayor [inews880]
MISCELLANY
- Keesmat: Canada needs a national transit and housing strategy [Speakers Spotlight]
- Alberta is fertile ground for renewable power [Corporate Knights]
- By Design: The franchising of architecture [New York Times]
- Light, quick and cheap: the big shift in urban planning [Forbes]
- Five top tips for urban wildlife spotting [The Guardian]
- A new portal to pair eager developers and underused properties [City Lab]
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