GENERATING IDEAS
- Edmonton Journal seeks suggestions for 50 Things That Define Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- Two-day event in Centennial Plaza hopes to generate ideas to remake an inactive public space [Metro Edmonton]
- 124 Street Business Association seeks ideas for redevelopment of park [124 Street Business Association]
- Talk on June 25 will showcase ideas about how to ally with aboriginal communities [M.A.D.E. in Edmonton]
LIVING DOWNTOWN
- CBC showcases a number of downtown residents and their reasons they choose to live there [CBC Edmonton]
- Le Marchand Mansion expansion proposal gets neighbours up in arms [Edmonton Journal]
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
- The race is on [Vue Weekly]
- City councillor Karen Leibovici joins race for Edmonton mayor [Edmonton Journal]
- Karen Leibovici launches Mandel 2013 campaign [Daveberta.ca]
- Woman who paid for arena poll now running for council [Edmonton Journal]
- Kim Krushell decides to leave politics [Edmonton Journal]
- Former councillor Mike Nickel to run again [Edmonton Journal]
SAND IN THE CITY
- City wants input on “beach” proposed for Louise McKinney Park [Global Edmonton]
- Omar Mouallem: Beach project not enough to bring people to Edmonton river valley [Metro Edmonton]
- No beach, but lots of splashing approved for Hawrelak Park spray area [Edmonton Journal]
OTHER EDMONTON NEWS
- City Centre Airport project will require help from the Province to move ahead [Edmonton Journal]
- City hunting for LRT funding [Edmonton Journal]
- Sneak preview of new Northgate Transit Centre public art [Edmonton Journal]
- Lawrence Herzog: Edmonton’s dearly departed funeral parlours [Edmonton Heritage Council]
INTERNATIONAL
- Mongolian wind farms spark new future of clean energy [Treehugger]
- Cities increasingly becoming “food policy entrepreneurs” [The Wall Street Journal]
- Transit oriented development might be a great idea even without the transit [Atlantic Cities]