Old Strathcona
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![Calls for public engagement: Old Strathcona, Rice Howard Way, Towards 40 Artistic rendering of a busy urban park filled with trees and shrubs and adjacent to mid-rise buildings](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/04/03/CPE-2024-04-04-districtpark.jpg)
Calls for public engagement: Old Strathcona, Rice Howard Way, Towards 40
Here are opportunities to shape city planning for the Old Strathcona Public Realm Strategy, a proposed entertainment district on Rice Howard Way, and street safety along 40 Street and Hermitage Road.
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![City recommends removing cars on 83 Avenue near farmers' market A portion of 83 Avenue in Old Strathcona.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/03/26/OSPRS-2637.jpg)
City recommends removing cars on 83 Avenue near farmers' market
The city is recommending making one block of 83 Avenue between Calgary Trail and Gateway Boulevard car free.
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![City invests in better bike parking at schools, but reaching it remains tough A bicycle is locked with other bicycles at a bike rack on a street in Edmonton.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/03/25/bike-parking.jpg)
City invests in better bike parking at schools, but reaching it remains tough
The City of Edmonton has set aside $75,000 for schools and other organizations to improve bike parking, but some cyclists suggest challenges remain to feel safe riding to those new spots.
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![Calls for public engagement: downtown, BRT, Old Strathcona public realm An Edwardian Classical style building at the corner of an intersection, with a clock tower on top](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/03/19/cpe-2024-03-21-strathcona.jpg)
Calls for public engagement: downtown, BRT, Old Strathcona public realm
Here are opportunities to help inform city planning for downtown, bus-based mass transit, and the Old Strathcona Public Realm Strategy.
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![Indie restaurants fill vacancies in Old Strathcona A collage of three photos depicts three iced coffees overlooking the patio furniture in front of PACT Coffee; a muted-coloured bar inside Marlo; and an Asahi beer can next to a full pint glass on a patio table outside Dorinku Tokyo.]](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2023/06/14/old-strathcona-dining-1.jpg)
Indie restaurants fill vacancies in Old Strathcona
Old Strathcona is seeing an influx of new independent restaurants, in part because of a higher-than-normal vacancy rate coming out of the pandemic.
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![Rapid Fire Theatre warms up new home with Bonfire A host is surrounded by two couches full of three improvisers each on the Rapid Fire Theatre Exchange stage. In the background, a sign that reads "Play the Game!"](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/3d72512d-3318-c78b-e795-e3a14c971069.jpg)
Rapid Fire Theatre warms up new home with Bonfire
Now that Rapid Fire Theatre has settled into its new home in Old Strathcona, it's getting ready to welcome audiences to its first festival in the space.
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![Barber Ha founder closes shop with sadness but few regrets The Barber Ha shop floor, with three barbers cutting hair in front of mirrors, surrounded by bright white walls and framed posters.](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/f0f418c7-cca6-b0e9-1a60-c3a52e2f0daf.jpg)
Barber Ha founder closes shop with sadness but few regrets
When Linda Ha looks back at what led her to decide to close her barbershop, she sees a series of small decisions that resulted in an inevitability. But she stands by the principles that guided her decisions.
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![Bonjour Bakery relocates for the long term in Old Strathcona Yvan Chartrand holds a loaf of bread](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/907d938e-038f-939d-3507-25a79a460fdb.jpg)
Bonjour Bakery relocates for the long term in Old Strathcona
Edmonton's Bonjour Bakery has planned for a long future in Old Strathcona with the opening of a purpose-built space on Whyte Avenue.
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![Podcast gives plaudits to net-zero audits A home undergoing a net-zero retrofit, showing the installation of external insulation](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/ef8f5956-763c-6688-55b9-91d9f5271b9d.jpg)
Podcast gives plaudits to net-zero audits
Episode 209 of Speaking Municipally was perhaps uncharacteristically positive about some recent civic developments involving climate action and reimagining the Whyte Avenue area.
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