Hope you’re enjoying the long weekend so far, despite the cooler, wet weather we’re having! Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:
- A project I have been working on with the Edmonton Journal is now live! You can see an interactive map of where Edmonton’s kids live and learn here. Check out Tuesday’s paper for Sarah O’Donnell’s story based on the data.
- The Northwest LRT Route Recommendation is now available – information sessions are being held in June.
- Also in LRT news – service is disrupted between Clareview and Churchill through Monday for repairs. Bus replacement service is operating.
- An app created by Edmontonian Timothy Dalby is a finalist in the Make Web Not War FTW! Competition. You can vote here!
- Edmonton Airports recently held its AGM at the Art Gallery of Alberta. The multimedia package for the meeting is now available, with speeches, videos, and more.
- On Tuesday the CommuniTEA Infusion van was launched at Churchill Square.
- Councillor Don Iveson helped launch the City’s next planning exercise, known as The Way We Green. He wrote about it here.
- Mill Creek Pool opened today! Other City pools are opening soon, details here.
- A controversial new marketing campaign launched this week – Recycling Blue Bins are singing the blues.
- Scott McKeen has a new conspiracy theory: City Hall secretly opposes even minor commercial development in the river valley.
- Planet Organic, which recently received bankruptcy protection, is set to be acquired by Catalyst Capital Group Inc.
- Great post by Dave on downtown.
- One of Edmonton’s busiest downtown street corners is about to get a splashy, $150 million makeover.
- The City launched a two-stage competition for the redevelopment of the City Centre Airport lands this week. From Alex: A Vision for the Edmonton City Centre Airport Lands.
- Most of the elm trees between 96 and 99 Street on Whyte Avenue were set to be chopped down, but now it looks like 50 more will be saved.
- In election news: here’s a great rundown of the Council races from Alex, and here’s a list of the EPSB Trustee Candidates. Daryl Bonnar became the first candidate to challenge Mandel for Mayor.
- The deadline to register for the Edmonton Community Challenge is June 1!
- The Municipal Development Plan, known as The Way We Grow, will be considered by City Council for third reading (and final approval) on Wednesday (on ShareEdmonton).
- Edmonton’s first meetup for BlackBerry developers is happening on Wednesday.
- Next Saturday is the Over the Top Fashion Swap at the Winspear Centre (on ShareEdmonton).
With a little sunshine after all this rain, flowers are going to grow like crazy! Here’s one I got from the launch of The Way We Green:
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