Development
Recent stories about development
![Calls for public engagement: Downtown tower, Fort Sask bike park Rendering of a proposed 31-storey apartment tower next to an existing 13-storey building](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/06/26/CPE-2024-06-27-jasperhouse.jpg)
Calls for public engagement: Downtown tower, Fort Sask bike park
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![A moment in history: May 1, 1965 A newspaper clipping that reads "Centennial Planning Week"](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/04/30/a-moment-in-history-may-1.jpg)
A moment in history: May 1, 1965
On this day in 1965, Edmonton was preparing to celebrate Canada's centennial.
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![A moment in history: April 24, 1971 A newspaper clipping that reads, "Appearing Nightly, Mayfair Hotel, Lounge & Mayfair Room"](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/04/23/a-moment-in-history-april-24.jpg)
A moment in history: April 24, 1971
On this day in 1971, one of Edmonton's nightlife hotspots was advertising live music.
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![On the agenda: Climate and Blatchford audits, board recruitment Row housing in the Blatchford neighbourhood.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/04/11/cuac-2024-04-15.jpg)
On the agenda: Climate and Blatchford audits, board recruitment
This week, council will look at audits on climate action and Blatchford redevelopment, as well as get an update on civilian recruitment for boards and committees.
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![Land sales signal change could be coming to The Quarters An LRT rolls eastbound into The Quarters, past several surface parking lots.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/04/09/LRT-near-parking-lot2.jpg)
Land sales signal change could be coming to The Quarters
Several city-owned lots in The Quarters are in the process of being sold to developers, giving at least one city councillor a glimmer of hope that there is legitimate progress to revitalize the 106-acre neighbourhood.
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![On the agenda: Homelessness emergency, redevelopment, clean energy A flowchart showing how the City of Edmonton and its partners respond to encampments on public land.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/01/12/cuac-2024-01-15-encampment.jpg)
On the agenda: Homelessness emergency, redevelopment, clean energy
Mayor Amarjeet Sohi has called for a special city council meeting to discuss declaring a housing and houselessness crisis. Other items as council returns from its holiday break include land sales at the Exhibition Lands redevelopment and a permanent program to incentivize clean energy projects.
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![For Edmonton's Blatchford redevelopment, 2024 is a decisive year A group of people walk down an artist's depiction of a dense, bustling community. In the background are mid-rise buildings and an LRT arriving at a station.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/01/10/blatchford-2263.jpg)
For Edmonton's Blatchford redevelopment, 2024 is a decisive year
Coun. Anne Stevenson uses the analogy of a plane hurtling down a runway to build lift and fly when considering the city's Blatchford development. "It takes time to pick up the speed and then to take off, and I truly feel that we are at that inflection point," Stevenson told Taproot.
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![Dismantling Edmonton's half-built freeway begins on Rossdale Road A one-lane road with a multi-use path beside it.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2023/11/30/rossdale-reconstruction.jpg)
Dismantling Edmonton's half-built freeway begins on Rossdale Road
Work that will begin to undo Edmonton's incomplete 1970s downtown freeway project is already seeing asphalt removed in one of the city's oldest neighbourhoods.
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![On the agenda: Operating deficits, capital spending, and another Oliver tower City clerks and others seated in front of a screen facing members of city council inside council chambers](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53156843472_83cab55402_b_d.jpg)
On the agenda: Operating deficits, capital spending, and another Oliver tower
A public hearing will take place on Sept. 11, and city council will meet on Sept. 12 and 13. Council services committee will meet on Sept. 15. Here are some of the key items on the agenda.
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