DEVELOPMENT
- Mouallem: Vision for Queen Mary Park development blurs over time [Metro Edmonton]
- Outside developers getting ready to build in Edmonton [Metro Edmonton]
- Garage suites can be so sweet [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton’s construction boom renews worry about rising costs and worker shortages [Edmonton Journal]
- New suburbs in Calgary don’t cover services until 11th year [Calgary Herald]
TRANSPORTATION
- Finding your way around downtown Edmonton is about to get easier [mastermaq.com]
- NAIT LRT savings to help Valley Line budget, report says [Edmonton Journal]
- City council to decide Scona Road speed limit increase [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton council admits to Scona Road screw up [Edmonton Sun]
- City of Edmonton’s 102 Avenue bike lanes up for community discussion [Metro Edmonton]
- Calgary’s downtown cycle network could be in place by next summer [Calgary Herald]
URBAN AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- Inspiring Education Through Urban Ag High [dustinbajer.com]
- University of Alberta group aims to connect students and community with their food [Edmonton Examiner]
- Ecotourism project bogged down in Strathcona County [Edmonton Journal]
- One year after Calgary’s light-pollution bylaw, not much has changed [Metro Calgary]
PARKS AND SCHOOLS
- Gunter: Edmonton park planners just can’t win [Edmonton Sun]
- Terwillegar Park footbridge gets green light [Metro Edmonton]
- Belgravia’s End of the World getting harder to visit [CBC Edmonton]
- Edmonton moves towards low-speed school, playground zones [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton Public Schools to announce school closure and replacement options next week [Edmonton Journal]
ARTS & CULTURE
- Edmonton’s Alberta Avenue arts facility wins city support second time around [Edmonton Journal]
- Back to the bridge [VUE Weekly]
- Council turns off the tap for Edmonton’s Great Divide waterfall [Edmonton Journal]
- The Edmonton Cyclops [Foolscap Studio]
- Digital comic book series Legacy of Heroes highlights Edmonton police history [Edmonton Journal]
MISCELLANY
- Edmonton’s 2014 Municipal Census goes online [mastermaq.com]
- Canadian cities most and least likely to survive the zombie apocalypse [Extreme Enginerding]
- Woodward’s impact on Edmonton [Transforming Edmonton]
- Iveson won 2013 mayoral race despite being outspent by Leibovici, new documents show [Metro News]
- Alberta MLA voices bold opinion on Edmonton’s annexation bid [Global Edmonton]
URBAN CONVERSATIONS FROM ACROSS THE WEB
- Amanda Burden: How public spaces make cities work [TEDtalks]
- Habitats for humanity: Why our cities need to be ecosystems too [Grist]
- A city’s character is closely related to its real estate values [Savills]
- Signature Places: Great parks we can learn from [Project for Public Spaces]
- Have US light rail systems been worth the investment? [Atlantic Cities]
- Roman Mars: UTBAPH (Used to be a Pizza Hut) [99percentinvisible.org]
- Urbanists are thrilled that Caltrans endorses NACTO guide [Better Cities and Towns]