COOL URBAN EVENTS COMING UP
- A Streetcar Named RapidFire: High Level Improv by RapidFire Theatre on September 12
- Kaleido Family Arts Festival on 118 Avenue on September 13-15
- Call for Expressions of Interest for Edmonton Heritage Council’s Symposium 2013: City and Memory
THE URBAN DREAM
- Make Something Edmonton: Residential Infill [CTV Edmonton]
- Rezoning at 10215 – 121 Street [Oliver Community League]
- City Committed to LRT Expansion [Transforming Edmonton]
- Current Edmonton councillors to decide arena levy [Metro Edmonton]
THE SUBURBAN DREAM
- Edmonton’s love affair with suburbs can’t endure, researcher warns [Edmonton Journal]
- Canada: A country of suburbs info graphic [canada.com]
ARTS CENTRES GALORE
- New arts centre proposed for Alberta Avenue [Edmonton Journal]
- The Downtown Dream: An $800-million arts centre could transform the core [Avenue Magazine]
MUNICIPAL POLITICS
- First week in September marks unofficial start to Edmonton election season [Edmonton Journal]
- Staples: Calgary’s civic politics movement should be watched [Edmonton Journal]
- Arena ain’t the only thing: Ward 6 candidates look at diversity and development in more than just the headline issue [VUE Weekly]
- Community advocate launches campaign in Ward 1 [Edmonton Journal]
- New city council candidates announced in Wards 2 and 3 [Edmonton Journal]
HERITAGE
- Culture minister Klimchuk wants Molson’s brewery building preserved [Edmonton Journal]
- Molson Site Decision Builds Cynicism [scottmckeen.ca]
- The Lost Series: Edmonton’s Lost Buildings [Edmonton Heritage Council]
MISCELLANY
- What do we do with “city of champions”? [magpietown]
- Alberta job seekers mostly temporary: StatsCan [Metro Edmonton]
- Cost of damages in Edmonton thrift store fire escalate [Metro Edmonton]
- The Edmonton Do Gooder Project: Dustin Bajer, Permaculture School [thelocalgood.ca]
- Premier denies Edmonton’s request for community rink funding [Edmonton Journal]
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