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2024年10月22日 · The authors of the new Downtown Investment Plan told the co-hosts of Episode 281 of Speaking Municipally that public investment is necessary to stimulate Edmonton's struggling downtown core, even though the requests are expensive and ambitious.. The plan, detailed in Taproot's Oct. 18 Business Roundup, outlines nearly $500 million in funding requests to the municipal, provincial, and federal ...

transit lrt Second payment system in three years always part of plan, ETS head says The long process that Edmonton Transit Service has used to arrive at offering riders machines that allow tap-to-pay at LRT stations, transit centres, and on buses was by design, branch manager Carrie Hotton-MacDonald told Taproot.

2024年12月18日 · The Pulse Thursday, Dec. 19. In this edition: Sohi reflects on housing emergency declaration, downtown investment; calls for public engagement: Recreation, under-served communities, cultural infrastructure; and more headlines and happenings

2025年1月14日 · The Alberta government's work to lure data centres to the province and spur artificial intelligence could be a costly effort that exceeds the capacity of our electrical grid and highlight how expensive our electricity is, says the operator of several independent data centres in Edmonton. "We have something like five or 10% of the expected data centre capacity we'll need for the next five or 10 ...

2024年12月4日 · On Nov. 27, Edmonton city council's executive committee endorsed investing $8.3 million from the city's Indigenous Housing Grant into three Indigenous-led housing projects from NiGiNan Housing Ventures, Yellowhead Tribal Council, and Métis Capital Housing Corporation.If approved at a future city council meeting, the projects will add a total of 93 new housing units in the Elmwood Park, Calder ...

2024年11月22日 · The carbon budget is further complicated because projects that are seen as good, either for climate action or for social reasons, can actually increase emissions, according to the report.

The Pulse Thursday, Jan. 30 In this edition: Walkthrough aims to create healthier game-building culture in Edmonton; calls for public engagement: Maps tool, policing, development plan; and more headlines and happenings

2025年1月22日 · region city council 'Bittersweet' end of the EMRB opens door to 'next iteration' of regional partnership The Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board will wrap operations as of March 31 following a unanimous vote to dissolve the organization at a meeting at the Chateau Louis Hotel & Conference Centre in Edmonton on Jan. 23.

2024年12月18日 · city council business Taproot's big numbers of 2024 Numbers give news context, heft, and depth — and 2024 had lots of them. As Taproot prepares for a holiday break, we're sharing which numbers might matter most in the years ahead.