DEVELOPMENT
- City could earn $45M from Blatchford redevelopment: report [Edmonton Journal]
- Telus Field thrown a curve ball as city considers demolition [Edmonton Journal]
- Critical Mass: Edmonton’s pre-arena downtown revitalization [Alberta Venture]
- Video: City seeking input on Jasper Place transit centre redesign [Metro News]
- City of Edmonton proposes sweeping changes to allow for more infill development in mature neighbourhoods. Check out the Evolving Infill strategy here [Metro News]
HERITAGE
- Recently released: Read the 2013 annual Edmonton Heritage report [Edmonton Heritage Council]
- Blacktop history: The case for preserving parking lots [Public History Commons]
- Historic Garneau homes once housing important Edmontonaisn will be demolition for University Leadership College [Edmonton Journal]
- Nine grain elevators in a line – a vanished skyline [Alberta Historic Places]
ENVIRONMENT
- World’s first waste-to-biofuels facility opens in Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton inner city students grow Urban Ag High garden [Metro News]
- Alberta climate change non-profit folds two years after government pulled funding [Edmonton Journal]
- Climate change now a mainstream part of city planning: Global survey [Science Daily]
- Big shiny trends: Canada’s new emissions numbers [Pembina Institute]
TRANSPORT
- Residents skeptical of Greyhound claim that relocating bus terminal would result in minimal traffic increase [Edmonton Journal]
- Wildrose leader Danielle Smith pledges $1.2 billion to Edmonton and Calgary for LRT [Metro News]
- City Introduces Electric Buses to Edmonton [City of Edmonton]
- City Council Reboots Bike Initiative [Green Edmonton]
- Ride Smart How to avoid the 5 most common bike-car collisions [Bicycling]
- Why protected bike lanes should be called protected bike lanes (not cycle tracks, separated bike lanes, etc) [Tree Hugger]
- Explaining the Bi-directional Cycle Track Folly [Copenhagenize]
- Beating the stress of the daily commute: Find out how this guy did it [Calgary Region Focus]
- 5 Crucial Principles for 21st Century Transportation Systems [CityLab]
MICELANNY
- Mack Male’s Edmonton notes for this week! [Mastermaq]
- PCs deny Tory leadership race is delaying decisions [Calgary Herald]
- Tall Tower Debates Could Use Less Dogma, Better Design [Planetizen]
- Storm Painter: Public Art at Millwoods Park Pavilion [Foolscap Studio]
- Inside Edmonton’s pedways, you’ll find a confounding mix of public, private, and semi-private space. [CityLab]
- First-ever Make Music Edmonton festival coming to 124 Street [Metro News]