URBAN DEVELOPMENT

• Lamphier: Edgewater Village injects new life on Jasper East [Edmonton Journal]
• Changes coming for eyesores at west-end Edmonton intersection [Edmonton Journal]
• City of Edmonton would consider six-storey wood-frame construction: officials [Metro News]
• The Important Role of Surplus School Sites [DonIveson.ca]
• Lamphier: High time province deals with derelict homes in Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
• Simons: Reimagining Rexall: What’s the future for Northlands, and Edmonton? [Edmonton Journal]

TRANSPORT

• Simons: Whyte Avenue car ban needs careful planning to succeed [Edmonton Journal]
• Car-free Whyte Avenue open house hears citizen complaints [Edmonton Journal]
• City officials open to bike sharing program in Blatchford [Metro Edmonton]
• Closed escalators in Edmonton LRT system a nuisance to riders: Mayor [Metro Edmonton]
• Smart Fare transit plan to cost $5 million more than expected [Edmonton Journal]

WAYFINDING

• Old Strathcona trying to get jump on way finding [Metro Edmonton]
• New City of Edmonton signs will help folks find their way in the River Valley [Metro Edmonton]
• Wayfinding plan for Edmonton presented to council still in need of funding [Metro Edmonton]
• Finding your way around Edmonton may get easier but at a cost of $10M [Edmonton Sun]

LOCAL NEWS

• Staples: Native elder’s banning from Edmonton mall is a wake up call [Edmonton Journal]
• Mayor ‘disappointed by City Centre Mall ban of aboriginal elder [Edmonton Journal]
• Job fair for First Nations offers employers an ‘untapped resource’ [Edmonton Journal]
• Poll: Would you pay to see Tetris on the ATB building in downtown Edmonton? [Metro News]
• Living walls could replace concrete sound barriers along Edmonton roads [Edmonton Journal]
• Take on $321 million extra debt to fund big-ticket items: city officials [Edmonton Journal]
• Video: Homeless man wows crowd on street piano [Edmonton Journal]

MISCELLANY

• Report: The State of Homelessness in Canada 2014 [Homeless Hub]
• Alberta sees fewest units created, per dollar, from federal affordable housing funds [Metro News]
• How Observing and Recording Pedestrian Activity Transformed a City Center [The Guardian]
• Calgary and Edmonton top two real estate markets in Canada [Calgary Herald]
• Why Canada’s big cities need to muscle up: Susan Ormiston [CBC News]
• Commercial spaces bring life to social housing [Globe and Mail]
• Crawlable Urbanism: Cities Are for Kids, Too [Streets Blog]
• A new angle on downtown parking [Calgary Herald]
• Downtown living the ‘new normal,’ report says [CBC News]