{"id":8880,"date":"2010-12-11T06:14:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-11T11:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=8880"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:33","slug":"spacing-saturday-citizens-agora-presto-2-0-and-sustainable-christmas-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/12\/11\/spacing-saturday-citizens-agora-presto-2-0-and-sustainable-christmas-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: Citizen&#8217;s Agora, Presto 2.0 and Sustainable Christmas Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/196\/440375791_df160ce43d_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ss\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"so\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the most green way to have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/12\/09\/low-carbon-christmas-comes-to-parkdale-market\/\">christmas tree<\/a>? Heather Yundt examines of what types of christmas trees are most sustainable (the fresh ones from Canada or the re-usable ones from China) and the business involved in dealing with them.<\/p>\n<p>Spacing profiles the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/12\/07\/george-dark-if-projects-are-not-sitting-in-a-city%E2%80%99s-10-year-capital-plan-they-are-not-going-to-happen\/  \">Centretown Community Design Plan<\/a> with illustrative visuals and an interview with George Dark of Urban Strategies, one of the planners behind the comprehensive new plan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emma Feltes recaps the results of the 4Funds initiative in which participants were given one hour and $100 to make their community better. The group in Halifax installed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/12\/07\/4funds-participants-invite-you-to-share-your-thoughts-on-halifax\/\">community board<\/a> to beautify a derelict building and facilitate sharing of ideas, reflections and musings.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Atlantic Snapshots\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>series continues to showcase striking photography of maritime urban settings. This week the series featured\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/12\/09\/atlantic-snapshots-from-mount-pleasant\/\">St John<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/12\/06\/atlantic-snapshots-city-scenery\/\">St John&#8217;<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"st\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the transit file, Jonathan Goldsbie breaks down Rob Ford&#8217;s claim that Transit City was never\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/12\/07\/that-time-rob-ford-voted-to-create-transit-city\/\">voted on in council<\/a> by showing the various stages through which it was approved, while John Lorinc explores the issue of how Ford&#8217;s subway plan would further\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/12\/06\/lorinc-what-about-the-ttc-operating-budget\/\">widen the TTC operating budget<\/a> problems.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the\u00a0Head Space\u00a0series, Spacing interviewed Ernie Wallace, Executive Director of the Presto transit smart card system to talk about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/12\/09\/headspace-ernie-wallace-presto\/\">Presto 2.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sm\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alanah Heffez reports on the outcomes of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/12\/05\/too-big-to-love-ipams-citizens-agora-and-the-challenge-of-regional-planning\/\">Citizen&#8217;s Agora<\/a> project, held last weekend, and what it speaks to in terms of the challenges of regional planning.<\/p>\n<p>With winter arriving in force all across Canada, Alanah Heffez gives a few simple tips on how to<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/12\/07\/and-then-it-was-winter\/\"> enjoy the season<\/a> in the city.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photograph by John Talbot<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. 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