We’re growing. On January 13, 2010 Edmonton was officially the fourth municipality in Canada to launch an Open Data Catalogue. Driven by community interest and a passion for innovation, several amazing Information Technology and Corporate Communications employees worked together to create data.edmonton.ca. Since the launch of the open data catalogue in early 2010, we have [...]
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The snow has melted, the winds are blowing at 90 km/hr, snow warnings are in full effect, and it’s still light out when I leave work. Must be spring in Alberta! This is the season the compost team has been looking forward to for months. In October, City Hall started composting. I’m happy to report that just [...]
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Since returning from CityCamp at the end of January, I’ve been immersed in the world of #opengov #gov2.0 and the City’s work on #yegdata. I know this probably doesn’t make sense to many of the people reading this, but I’ll try and do my best to explain. No promises though, I’m still trying to wrap my [...]
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“Jingle Bells… jingle bells…jingle all the way….oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh…”chimes out of elementary students who are participating in this year’s Holiday Magic concert at City Hall. Running from 11 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. every weekday until December 18, this annual event showcases school choirs from all across [...]
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Starting a new job is always intimidating. So last March when I started working for the City’s Communications Branch, I wasn’t quite ready to question my new colleagues about their lack of composting. However, having worked at the Telus World of Science throughout University I came accustomed to having a compost at work. I thought, if we had a compost at the science centre, why couldn’t we have one here?
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