Edmonton Notes for 8/28/2010

It’s the last weekend of August, and it certainly feels like it with the very cool wind. Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

The deadline for the City’s Apps4Edmonton competition was last night at midnight. Roughly 84 ideas and 323 apps were submitted at last count. Check them out!
Envision Edmonton delivered boxes of signed petitions [...]

Edmonton Notes for 8/22/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

It was a smoky week here in Edmonton, as we felt the effects of forest fires in BC. Air quality was listed as poor until Friday, when it started to improve. You can see smoke forecasts for BC and Alberta here.
Edmonton Airports released updated briefing notes on the City Centre [...]

Recap: artsScene Edmonton’s Summer Party + Behind the Scenes at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald

artsScene Edmonton’s latest sold out event took place tonight at the historic Fairmont Hotel Macdonald. The Summer Patio Party + Behind the Scenes was another great opportunity to catch up with old friends and to meet some new ones too! Here’s what the event was all about:
Steeped in history, The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald opened its [...]

Edmonton Notes for 8/14/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

It may not be illegal, but it’s certainly unethical as far as I’m concerned: Envision Edmonton is paying “volunteers” to collect names for its petition. It shifts the reason for signing from supporting the campaign to supporting a worthy cause, like a community league. Oh, and to City Council, don’t [...]

Edmonton Notes for 8/7/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

Runway 16/34 at the City Centre Airport officially closed early Tuesday morning.
The five finalists in the City Centre Airport design competition were announced on Friday.
The results of the Jasper Avenue survey are in – people want more activity downtown.
Edmonton-based Investopedia, founded in 1999, was scooped up by [...]

Edmonton Notes for 7/31/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

Mosquitoes swarmed the city this week, both day and night. City pest management officials say that after two years or record low mosquito levels, we’re back to normal.
City Council came up with 140 questions for the Katz Group, Northlands, and City Administration related to the proposed downtown arena. You [...]

Edmonton Notes for 7/25/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz spoke to City Council on Wednesday in what was surely one of the most anticipated meetings of the year. While he committed another $100 million to his proposed downtown arena project, the Katz Group also made it clear that the Oilers will not play in [...]

Edmonton Notes for 7/17/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

The number of passengers riding ETS increased by 6.9% from January to May compared to the same period in 2009. The increase from 2008 to 2009 was just 2%.
The City received 33 responses to the request for potential bidders for the City Centre Airport lands redevelopment project. About 25 [...]

Recap: Refinery at the Art Gallery of Alberta

Last night was the Art Gallery of Alberta’s second Refinery Late Night Art Party. I was invited to attend for free in exchange for live-tweeting during the event, an offer that Sharon and I happily accepted. I can’t remember why we didn’t make it out to the first Refinery party, but we heard nothing but [...]

Edmonton Notes for 7/10/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

The new Capital City Downtown Plan was approved by City Council this week. It forecasts the number of people who live downtown will double from about 11,000 presently to 24,000 over the next 20 years.
Also approved this week was the city’s first long-term people plan, known as The Way We [...]

Edmonton Notes for 7/3/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

Edmontonians are being asked to take the five minute Jasper Avenue Nightlife Survey online. The survey runs July 2-16.
Fewer people are driving downtown and more are taking buses and the LRT.
The deadline for nominations for the Front Yards in Bloom program is July 8. The goal is to [...]

Canada Celebrates in Edmonton

Last night was the Canada Celebrates event at Commonwealth Stadium here in Edmonton. Or at least that’s what the ticket said. There wasn’t much promotion in advance, but what few things I did see tended to call it “For the Love of Country and For the Love of Hockey”. Whatever it was called, the nationally [...]

Recap: Startup Weekend Edmonton

This past weekend was the first Startup Weekend in Canada, held right here in Edmonton! About 30 local developers, designers, and idea people got together at Enterprise Square for the event, organized by Startup Edmonton. As I mentioned last week, Startup Weekend’s mission is to teach entrepreneurship in a fun, interactive way. It’s also [...]

Edmonton Notes for 6/26/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

While everyone argues about what will put Edmonton on the map, we can celebrate being on the board – the Monopoly board, that is!
Turns out it was Taylor! The Oilers selected Taylor Hall with their first ever number one draft pick.
The Province is finally handing out some GreenTRIP [...]

Recap: ONEdmonton Leaders Forum #2

Yesterday morning was the second ONEdmonton Leaders Forum, hosted by EEDC at the Shaw Conference Centre. After a good experience at the first one, I was excited for another opportunity to chat with everyone and eager to see if the organizers would indeed make more time for that. EEDC Board Chair Henry Yip and [...]