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A rendering depicts an urbanist landscape in Edmonton's Blatchford.
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'The fundamentals are there' Stevenson says of Blatchford after 2024 progress

Ward O-day'min Coun. Anne Stevenson says Blatchford hit several milestones in 2024, a year she previously told Taproot would be an "inflection point" to judge the project's success. The milestones include the opening of the NAIT/Blatchford Market LRT station, and lower prices now on offer to buyers thanks to the neighbourhood's first multi-family housing development.

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A red brick Mainstreet Equity apartment building.
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Apartment acquisition could help preserve affordable housing, expert tells City

Non-profit organizations could slow the loss of inexpensive rental units by purchasing the buildings they are in before real estate investment trusts can, according to a housing expert consulting on Edmonton's affordable housing strategy.

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A photo of a building with a sign that reads "Marbles".
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Year in review: Service providers, Chinatown, affordable housing

In 2024, Taproot reported on several stories that continued to evolve after we published them. Here are some updates.

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A photo of Edmonton's Churchill Square and a sign that has illuminated letters that spell Edmonton.
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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.

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Mayor Amarjeet Sohi in the Edmonton mayor's office.
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Sohi reflects on housing emergency declaration, downtown investment

In a year-end interview with Taproot, Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said council's declaration of a housing and houselessness emergency in January led to real change, despite provincial criticism at the time that it was performative.

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An apartment building under construction in the Strathcona neighbourhood.
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Edmonton policies and processes could be targeted by Housing Delays Portal

A provincial portal aimed at identifying processes that slow home construction could zero in on a proposed City of Edmonton policy aimed at pushing suburbs to be complete before starting a new development.

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Edmonton City Council gathered in chamber.
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Zero-based budgeting interesting but challenging, podcasters say

A motion that pushed for a rethink on how Edmonton's council can work on city spending using zero-based budgeting passed following its recent budget vote, and could offer both opportunities and challenges, Taproot's council watchers said on Episode 289 of Speaking Municipally.

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Edmonton city hall.
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What city council can — and can't — do to improve Edmonton's housing system

In Taproot's Housing Complex series, we examined where Edmonton is at on housing supply, government subsidies for housing, rental housing, infill, sprawl, and more. To wrap the series, we will now look at what city council and the City of Edmonton can, and can't, do to improve Edmonton's housing system, and for whom.

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Edmonton City Council meets at City Hall.
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Budget adjustments were slices rather than slashes, podcasters say

Though city council's fall budget adjustment resulted in a 6.1% increase to property taxes rather than the 8.1% increase administration had proposed, the reduction was created through funding shuffles rather than big culls, co-hosts Mack Male and Troy Pavlek said on Episode 288 of Speaking Municipally.

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