{"id":49,"date":"2009-10-05T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=49"},"modified":"2009-10-20T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T18:29:09","slug":"welcome-to-spacing-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/10\/05\/welcome-to-spacing-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Spacing Atlantic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacing\/2670603656\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3122\/2670603656_f622276161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Spacing Atlantic, a blog dedicated to engaging with the urban environments of Canada&#8217;s Atlantic provinces.\u00a0 From St. John&#8217;s to Charlottetown, Miramichi to Halifax, Fredericton to Sydney and Truro to Saint John, our eclectic group of contributors will connect you to the issues and urban spaces we care deeply about while providing a forum for discussion and debate.<\/p>\n<p>Like our sister blogs in <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/\">Toronto<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/\">Montreal<\/a>, Spacing Atlantic will look at the state of public spaces, transit, cycling, city hall, community development, urban design, green spaces, infrastructure, public art and countless other themes that continue to play a role in shaping our cities.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, we hope that by focusing on these issues, Spacing Atlantic will inspire increased community involvement in the improvement and preservation of our beloved urban spaces, acting as a hub that connects like-minded advocates working towards making our cities and towns better places for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sneak peak of some upcoming posts:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Dartmouth Commons and its uncertain future<br \/>\n\u2022 The second anniversary of free Wi-Fi on Moncton public transit, a Canadian first<br \/>\n\u2022 In search of bike lanes: HRM cycling infrastructure<br \/>\n\u2022 Colonial street names and the historical baggage that goes along with them<br \/>\n\u2022 Re-zoning Long Warf, and what it means for Saint John<br \/>\n\u2022 How <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imaginebloomfield.ca\/\">Bloomfield<\/a> rallied Halifax&#8217;s North End<br \/>\n\u2022 Safe cycling in Charlottetown<br \/>\n\u2022 Set in stone: sidewalk street signs in Halifax<\/p>\n<p><em>photo by Shawn Micallef<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Spacing Atlantic, a blog dedicated to engaging with the urban environments of Canada&#8217;s Atlantic provinces.\u00a0 From St. John&#8217;s to Charlottetown, Miramichi to Halifax, Fredericton to Sydney and Truro to Saint John, our eclectic group of contributors will connect you to the issues and urban spaces we care deeply about while providing a forum<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/10\/05\/welcome-to-spacing-atlantic\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Welcome to Spacing Atlantic!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[490,355,489,389,351,487,382,353,379,381,486,488],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spacing","tag-canada","tag-charlottetown","tag-eclectic","tag-fredericton","tag-halifax","tag-miramichi","tag-montreal","tag-saint-john","tag-sydney","tag-toronto","tag-truro","tag-wi-fi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Welcome to Spacing Atlantic! 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