UPCOMING EVENTS
- EVENT: Colour Your Flag Party! Monday March 24 at the Common
- EVENT: Truth and Reconciliation Commission National Event March 27-30 at the Shaw Conference Centre
TRANSPORTATION
- NAIT line opening delayed until late 2014 [City of Edmonton]
- Calgary has edge over Edmonton in LRT comparison [Edmonton Journal]
- Councillors rebuff push to save river valley footbridge [Edmonton Journal]
- After long wait, Mill Woods will get the LRT line it was promised nearly 40 years ago [Edmonton Examiner]
- Edmonton cyclists want city streets cleaned of winter mess as soon as possible [Metro Edmonton]
DEVELOPMENT
- Trash vacuum, stormwater irrigation on the table in Blatchford project [Edmonton Journal]
- Blatchford: Building tomorrow’s community today [Transforming Edmonton]
- Residential infill a hot topic for many Edmontonians [Global Edmonton]
- Downtown Edmonton arena isn’t pushing Boyle Street anywhere [Edmonton Sun]
- Sidewalk patio boardwalks coming to Whyte Avenue [Edmonton Journal]
- City creating downtown development website [Edmonton Journal]
POLITICS
- Next PC leader must have keen awareness of social issues in urban centres, advocacy group says [Edmonton Journal]
- Labour group wading into McCauley community league election [Edmonton Journal]
ARTS & CULTURE
- Truth and reconciliation at Grandin Station [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton’s Grandin LRT station: Newest murals officially unveiled [Metro Edmonton]
- Commuters focus of new transit art in Edmonton LRT [Metro Edmonton]
- Nominations announced for Edmonton Mayor’s Arts Awards [Edmonton Journal]
LOCAL INITIATIVES
- Simons: City pilot proposal brings ‘shop local’ movement back to the hood [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton aspires to eliminate poverty within a generation [Mastermaq.ca]
- Teenagers dream up innovations for city’s future [Edmonton Journal]
- Wayfinding prototype coming to downtown Edmonton streets [Metro Edmonton]
MISCELLANY
- Demolition of the Tegler Building in 1982 [maybe edmonton]
- Cool visual guide to neighbourhood planning in Montreal [Ville de Montreal]
- A DIY approach to slowing a city’s car [Atlantic Cities]
- China releases plan to incorporate farmers into cities [New York Times]