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Bees going in and out of the entrance to a bee box
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Calls for public engagement: Proactive rezoning, urban agriculture

Here are open opportunities to help inform municipal planning on proactive rezoning, agriculture, and a community park. Please only answer surveys from municipalities where you are a resident.

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A Strathcona County Transit double-decker bus on the road on summer day
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Calls for public engagement: Strathcona transit, naturalization

Here are open opportunities to engage with local governments in the Edmonton region.

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A newspaper clipping that reads, "New river valley plan put forward"
history river valley

A moment in history: Sept. 11, 1982

On this day in 1982, Edmonton was debating something called the river valley parkland proposal.

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Picture of Remedy Cafe on 124 Street, with an overcast sky
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Calls for public engagement: Rezoning for growth, St. Anthony School site

Here are opportunities to help shape municipal planning for high-density development, rezoning, and more. Please only answer surveys from municipalities where you are a resident.

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A picture of stalks of grass in a naturalized space
engagement indigenous

Calls for public engagement: Open spaces, reconciliation, naturalization

Here are opportunities to inform municipal planning about open spaces, monuments, naturalization, and more. Please only answer surveys from municipalities where you are a resident.

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Sign by the road announcing public engagement for the Wîhkwêntôwin neighbourhood renewal
engagement transit

Calls for public engagement: Youth transit, park renewal, Wîhkwêntôwin

Here are opportunities to inform municipal planning on transit, parks, neighbourhood renewal, and more. Please only answer surveys from municipalities where you are a resident.

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A photo of a person walking in a crosswalk
engagement housing

Calls for public engagement: Edgemont park, housing, missing links

Here are opportunities to help inform municipal planning for parks, water, housing, and more. Please only answer surveys from municipalities where you are a resident.

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A footbridge across the North Saskatchewan River on an overcast day
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Calls for public engagement: Park renewals and restorations

Here are opportunities to help shape municipal planning about playground renewal, park restoration, and several other matters.

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Small structures and lush greenery behind a fence with a sign that reads "Welcome."
food parks

Edmonton Urban Farm on the move at Exhibition Lands

The Edmonton Urban Farm is tentatively being relocated to a spot east of Borden Park on the Exhibition Lands, as its current home is set to be redeveloped into housing.

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