Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:
- Checking out the Servus Heritage Festival this weekend? Here is the relevant transit/parking information. The annual festival is the largest food drive of the year for the Edmonton Food Bank. Follow @EdmHeritageFest and @yegfoodbank on Twitter.
- Nothing new if you’re familiar with the space, but the City now has a page listing all of its social media activities.
- The City announced this week that due to declining construction costs, its road repair dollars will be stretched to include some projects that wouldn’t have taken place until next year.
- An alternative to the EPS Crime Mapping website: SpotCrime.
- The U-Pass program cost the City about $6.6 million last year, but it was worth it – ridership doubled.
- The Edmonton Humane Society typical receives 10 to 15 new animals per day, but lately it has been more like 40 to 60, something they blame on the recession.
- Three new websites launched this week: ArtsScene Edmonton, Tix on the Square, and Edmonton Arts Council.
- A new urban design award competition was announced this week. Submissions are due by October 8th.
- Have you noticed a lot of grasshoppers around the City? There’s a reason. The Edmontonian has the scoop.
- Here’s another great list of events for August from Sharon.
