DEVELOPMENT
- City hall expects $3B bill for new Edmonton neighbourhoods, makes plans for more infill housing [Edmonton Journal]
- Inspiration for Edmonton’s Blatchford is more village than “Futurama” [Metro]
- Councillor wants density debate to include all single-family neighbourhoods [Edmonton Journal]
- Likely happening in Edmonton as well: 11 New Development Trends In Calgary [Avenue Calgary]
- Building the Better Community from Developers’ Perspectives [Avenue Edmonton]
- Can Alberta fix its leaky condo problem? [Alberta Venture]
HERITAGE
- Herzog: Edmonton’s 1957 City Hall [ECAMP]
- New Edmonton Heritage council app opens up sounds of the past [Metro]
- Is saving built heritage necessarily nostalgia? Tough love: Which buildings are worth preserving? [Globe and Mail]
TRANSPORT
- The Valley Line: Past, Present and Future [City of Edmonton]
- Edmonton’s Queen Alexandra neighbourhood hoping to change feel of local streets [Metro]
- Pedestrianized Viennese thoroughfare an example for what Edmonton could do [Metro]
- Servus Heritage Festival proves effective example of efficient transit/bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure [Edmonton Sun]
- City looks for feedback on winter bike lane maintenance [Edmonton Journal]
- Fewer young Albertans sliding behind the wheel [Calgary Herald]
- Scandinavian Tourists ‘Horrified’ By Canada’s Car Culture [Huffington Post]
- Opinion: On trains, politics and automobiles [Globe and Mail]
- Blame Cities for the Apps That Let You Sell Your Parking Space [Business Week]
LOCAL NEWS
- Mill Woods and Ritchie offer lessons on how communities can overcome their reputations [Avenue Edmonton]
- Avenue Edmonton releases the Top 10 Neighbourhoods as voted by readers [Avenue Edmonton]
- Edmonton’s youth leaders rally for city’s Chinatown [Metro]
- New LRT station café aims to boost city’s underground economy [Edmonton Journal]
- New Edmonton music venue to open in old CKUA building [Edmonton Journal]
- Aug 14 @ 6PM: Boyle Street Art and Open Garden Tour [Boyle Street Community League]
- Local pop up store movement taps into Edmonton’s eco-friendly vibe [Metro]
- Reclaim urban farm sees growing business in Edmonton [Metro]
- Help Support Little Italy’s Community Garden [Make Something Edmonton]
MICELANNY
- Burlington flood: Cities face ‘new breed’ of storms, climatologist says [CBC]
- Why Startup Urbanism Will Fail to Fully Deliver What it Promises [Shareable]
- The Surprisingly Short History of the Rooftop Happy Hour [City Lab]
- One Woman’s Quest to Design Parking Lots People Don’t Hate [City Lab]
- Wait for the Bus inside a Giant Typographic Sculpture in Baltimore [This is Colossal]