The American Federation of State Public Interest Research Groups recently released an interesting video online. In that video, two characters of the television series Mad Men are discussing how they could sell the train as an alternative to the car. “Cities are getting bigger. Trains are the most efficient, economical, best investment. It’s obvious. We [...]
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When cities want to fund a large-scale project, but don’t want to dip into general property taxes, chances are they’ll look at using a Community Revitalization Levy (CRL). Essentially, it’s a way of using future property tax revenue from new development inside the CRL zone to payoff the project costs. The idea is that the [...]
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It’s been a busy and exciting time since February 15, when we formally unveiled design concepts and videos from five international teams, as conceptual proposals for the redevelopment of the City Centre Airport lands. In my view, the thought and effort each team put into their submissions, designs, sketches and videos is clearly evident. Their [...]
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First of all, apologies for the big gap between posts. Getting all the information from paper into electronic form has taken much longer than anyone expected. Our working group is having a bit of a shake-up. Some of our volunteers are no longer able to offer the amount of time they had previously, so we’re [...]
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Just as Lyndia promised in her post a few weeks ago, members of the City of Edmonton Youth Council are going to start blogging. I’ll be the first to post about my experiences with the Youth Council, in particular about my position as Youth Council Chair and how I work with the General Assembly. Although [...]
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