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Avalanche Roundup

Mike Otto 21 March 2013 No Comment

Will it ever stop snowing? Will we be able to get to work in the morning? If not, here’s some news and info from the last week or so you can read instead:

If you’re the owner of a historic home, the City puts on seminars to give you helpful info on maintenance and preserving it.

Here’s a comprehensive list of all the names suggested for the LRT lines. Of course they’re terrible, they’re publicly submitted!

Gigcity has some thoughts on the decline of some malls and why it happens, specifically, Capilano.

Mack Male wrote an article about public-private partnerships (P3s), which is the planned method of building the SE LRT. The Feds just kicked in $250m for that project.

Christy Morin, one of the champions of the ongoing revitalization of Alberta Avenue, was honoured as a Global Woman of Vision. Very well deserved.

Some folks in Oliver aren’t too happy about the look of the development planned for the old Molson brewery. Oliver Community League is also hosting an event about complete streets on March 28.

Here’s some numbers from Conrad Nobert on cyclists in Edmonton. He also has some thoughts on why the delay of the 76 Ave and 121 Ave bike lanes isn’t a bad thing.

You know the downtown arena’s not a sure thing because the Journal’s David Staples is banging that drum again.

Here’s an article from the US on how zoning that restricts development in core neighbourhoods to single-family homes encourages spawl. Good thing that city council recently passed some zoning changes making infill a little easier in Edmonton. There’s still work to do though.

Boyle Renaissance Phase I is now open.

The Atlantic has some thoughts on whether or not park-and-ride is a good thing.

A cautionary tale from Omaha on how entertainment districts may not be all that great.