DEVELOPMENT
- Edmonton councilllors OK plans for former Whyte Avenue gas station site [Edmonton Journal]
- City christens new downtown park after Canada’s first Aboriginal police officer Alex Decoteau [Metro News]
- First steel beams rise on Edmonton’s downtown arena [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton councillors approve road closure for arena parkade [Metro News]
- Council told CRL tax lift on arena higher than expected [inews880]
- City moves ahead on arm’s length land corporation [Metro News]
- Downtown ‘unconventional’ centre imagined at Edmonton brainstorming session [Edmonton Journal]
TRANSPORT
- Community sees opportunity for new thoroughfare after CP pulls up 100-year-old tracks in Old Strathcona [CBC]
- Edmonton: what a great transit debate looks like [Human Transit]
- The great bus debate: Mayor Iveson sketches a dream [Edmonton Journal]
- The great bus debate: Neighbourhood routes could be sacrificed for a high frequency network [Edmonton Journal]
- Six-in-Ten Albertans Support Dedicated Bike Lanes [Insights West]
- Pop-up Bike Lanes, Poverty, and Progress [Robin Mazumder]
- Could tricks from behavioural science help make city cycling safer? [The Guardian]
- In tweets: Edmonton Chamber of Commerce pedway policy sparks online discussion [Metro News]
- Millennial generation changing the world, one commute at a time [CBC]
HERITAGE
- Can we save McKay Avenue School? Or is our history doomed to be history? [Edmonton Journal]
- In recognition of Treaty Six Day, the City of Edmonton will search for the historical Treaty Six location [Metro News]
- Edmonton author’s busy life has an air of history to it [Edmonton Journal]
EVENTS & INITIATIVES
- Winter Cities Shake-Up registration is now open! Super early bird deadline is Sept 30 [Winter Cities Conference]
- October 1 Talk: Blatchford Community via The Way We Green speaker series [City of Edmonton]
- October 21 Talk: Financing Cities in the 21st Century [City-Regions Studies Centre]
- Open Edmonton group wants to track all Edmonton public art in OpenArtYEG project [Metro News]
- Open Data in Edmonton is exciting again [Mastermaq]
MISCELLANY
- CJennifer Keesmat’s response to RBC and Pembina’s Home Location Preference Survey [Toronto Star]
- How American sports franchises are selling their cities short [The Guardian]
- If Edmonton is serious about getting environmentally responsible, it’s time to think about green roofs [Metro News]
- Editorial: Road quid pro quo required [Edmonton Journal]