URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- Community leagues want not-for-profit developer: Such agencies build infill on problem sites [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton city councillor floats higher taxes for vacant and derelict properties [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton housing starts cool down, but industry not worried [Metro Edmonton]
- Glassed-in cafe on bridge over North Saskatchewan not feasible, council decides [Edmonton Journal]
- City hall expects $3B bill for new Edmonton neighbourhoods, makes plans for more infill housing [Edmonton Journal]
- Infill horror stories [Edmonton Journal]
- Residential developers frustrated by city approval delays [Edmonton Journal]
TRANSPORTATION
- City of Edmonton wins international award for Lego videos [CBC Edmonton]
- Improve LRT stations by adding retail services, says Edmonton engineer [CBC Edmonton]
- The ‘Black Nightmare’: Edmonton’s High Level Bridge a magnet for the desperate and distressed [Edmonton Journal]
- New suicide barriers proposed for High Level Bridge [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton streetlight overhaul coming to new neighbourhoods slowly [Metro Edmonton]
ART & CULTURE
- Mouallem: How street artists beautified chilly Iceland [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton man wants to spruce up downtown buildings [Metro Edmonton]
- 97 Street Night Market Walking Tours! [Edmonton Chinatown]
HERITAGE
- ‘It’s disappointing’: Old Strathcona business owner on demolition of 116-year-old building [Global Edmonton]
- Fire at the old Molson Brewery building [iNews880]
- City of Edmonton invites Walter’s descendants back to family home [Metro Edmonton]
- End of an Era: Goodbye, Avenue Theatre [City Museum Edmonton]
URBAN AGRICULTURE & FOOD
- Reclaim Urban Farm is “intentionally political” in boosting local food [Edmonton Journal]
- Plenty of clucking over city’s proposed new urban hen project [Edmonton Journal]
- Year-round indoor market is ‘here to stay’ [Edmonton Journal]
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
- So cool! Journal urban book club launches in September [Edmonton Journal]
- Building a safe space: Edmonton is the worst Canadian city for women, but gender mainstreaming could help [VUE Weekly]
- Where can kids cool off? City spray parks hard to come by in south Edmonton [Metro Edmonton]
- Aboriginal Youth Police Academy launched to build positive connections and safer communities [Edmonton Journal]
- Outdoor workstations in Edmonton’s River Valley proposed [Metro Edmonton]
- Why Edmonton city council could benefit from political parties [Metro Edmonton]
- Northlands’ new CEO Tim Reid says Rexall Place without Oilers is first challenge to address [Metro Edmonton]
BEST OF THE WEB
- Alberta Cities at the Crossroads: Urban Development Challenges and Opportunities in Historical and Comparative Perspective [UofC School of Public Policy]
- How Outdated Parking Laws Price Families Out of the City [City Lab]
- Reinventing Kids’ Spaces/Playgrounds [Cool Hunter]
- The end of neighbours: How our increasingly closed-off lives are poisoning our politics and endangering our health [Macleans]
- Winnipeg Folly Forest: From Asphalt to Educational Landscape [Sustainable Cities Collective]
- Architects Re-Imagine New York City Parking Spots As New Housing [Fast Company]
- Braving the New World of Performance-Based Zoning [City Lab]
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