Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:
- It’s official: Transcend Coffee is opening its second location in the historic Garneau Theatre building. Very cool!
- A dedicated bus lane from Jasper Place Transit Centre to 149th Street along Stony Plain Road started on Thursday. The City is looking at additional ways to expedite travel from the west end to downtown.
- Chris Szydlowski finally received permission to run Segway tours of the river valley! The tours run two hours in length and start at $90. Check out Segway Edmonton for more information.
- A new proposal to transform Edmonton into a more walkable, cycling-friendly city is going to the transportation and public works committee next Tuesday. Councillor Don Iveson says the plan isn’t bold enough.
- This is just silly: “After failing to find any litterbugs on Jasper Avenue earlier this week, an undercover bylaw officer on Wednesday issued the first $250 littering fine under the new crackdown. The city brought in the plainclothes officer from another area since uniformed peace officers failed to find a litterer on Jasper Avenue the first two days of this week.”
- I wrote a guest post for The Edmontonian this week on Gariepy Block and what’s opening there in the fall. Check it out!
- Good article on Crossroads Downtown, an E4C housing project designed to help women and transgendered individuals.
- DemoCamp Edmonton 8 is taking place on September 9th! Mark your calendar!
- Sharon and I went to check out Edmonton’s first East Meets West Festival today in Chinatown. It was kinda neat, but very spread out for some reason. You can see my photos here.
- We also walked past the new Art Gallery of Alberta, which is coming along. The lead architect for the project, Randall Stout, is giving a presentation on September 19th.
