URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- Lamphier: Edgewater Village injects new life on Jasper East [Edmonton Journal]
- Changes coming for eyesores at west-end Edmonton intersection [Edmonton Journal]
- City of Edmonton would consider six-storey wood-frame construction: officials [Metro News]
- The Important Role of Surplus School Sites [DonIveson.ca]
- Lamphier: High time province deals with derelict homes in Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- Simons: Reimagining Rexall: What’s the future for Northlands, and Edmonton? [Edmonton Journal]
TRANSPORT
- Simons: Whyte Avenue car ban needs careful planning to succeed [Edmonton Journal]
- Car-free Whyte Avenue open house hears citizen complaints [Edmonton Journal]
- City officials open to bike sharing program in Blatchford [Metro Edmonton]
- Closed escalators in Edmonton LRT system a nuisance to riders: Mayor [Metro Edmonton]
- Smart Fare transit plan to cost $5 million more than expected [Edmonton Journal]
WAYFINDING
- Old Strathcona trying to get jump on way finding [Metro Edmonton]
- New City of Edmonton signs will help folks find their way in the River Valley [Metro Edmonton]
- Wayfinding plan for Edmonton presented to council still in need of funding [Metro Edmonton]
- Finding your way around Edmonton may get easier but at a cost of $10M [Edmonton Sun]
LOCAL NEWS
- Staples: Native elder’s banning from Edmonton mall is a wake up call [Edmonton Journal]
- Mayor ‘disappointed by City Centre Mall ban of aboriginal elder [Edmonton Journal]
- Job fair for First Nations offers employers an ‘untapped resource’ [Edmonton Journal]
- Poll: Would you pay to see Tetris on the ATB building in downtown Edmonton? [Metro News]
- Living walls could replace concrete sound barriers along Edmonton roads [Edmonton Journal]
- Take on $321 million extra debt to fund big-ticket items: city officials [Edmonton Journal]
- Video: Homeless man wows crowd on street piano [Edmonton Journal]
MISCELLANY
- Report: The State of Homelessness in Canada 2014 [Homeless Hub]
- Alberta sees fewest units created, per dollar, from federal affordable housing funds [Metro News]
- How Observing and Recording Pedestrian Activity Transformed a City Center [The Guardian]
- Calgary and Edmonton top two real estate markets in Canada [Calgary Herald]
- Why Canada’s big cities need to muscle up: Susan Ormiston [CBC News]
- Commercial spaces bring life to social housing [Globe and Mail]
- Crawlable Urbanism: Cities Are for Kids, Too [Streets Blog]
- A new angle on downtown parking [Calgary Herald]
- Downtown living the ‘new normal,’ report says [CBC News]
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