Urban Planning
Recent stories about urban planning
![Councillors seek new tools to crack down on problem properties A bar graph showing the costs of inspections, enforcement, police and fire responses, and uncollected taxes on 31 problem properties, totalling almost $1.4 million](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/269e9be9-170f-12e8-7032-719651506347.png)
Councillors seek new tools to crack down on problem properties
The damage done as a result of problem properties has "reached a boiling point," and city council needs new tools to try to deal with them, say two city councillors.
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![Coming up at council: April 11-15, 2022 A downtown bike lane with a sign that says "yield to bicycles"](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/9823e536-fb14-8f7d-4302-7429d92b093d.jpg)
Coming up at council: April 11-15, 2022
Here's a look at what city council's committees will be considering this week, including district planning, the Business Friendly Edmonton initiative, support for women's shelters, and the problem property initiative.
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![Meet the councillors: Sarah Hamilton and Michael Janz look forward to team-building Councillors Michael Janz and Sarah Hamilton take the oath of office](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/1a0b93ab-8a1d-c629-277e-958bab62a274.jpg)
Meet the councillors: Sarah Hamilton and Michael Janz look forward to team-building
Speaking Municipally hears from the councillors for sipiwiyiniwak and papastew in the latest in its series of interviews with the newly elected council.
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![Podcast pick: City Nestmaking City Nestmaking's cover art, featuring a drawing of tall buildings nestled among the sticks of a nest](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/stories/2021-the-pulse/city-nestmaking.jpg)
Podcast pick: City Nestmaking
How do citizens and cities serve each other well? Planner and author Beth Sanders explores these issues in our podcast pick of the week.
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![City council to provide support but no money for High Level Line project City council to provide support but no money for High Level Line project](https://mcusercontent.com/cf49a42db023942d337b0dabf/images/5e299ba3-1dd0-4c8a-b714-1b72f579a21f.jpg)
City council to provide support but no money for High Level Line project
The city will not provide funds to a volunteer group aiming to build a park connecting downtown Edmonton and Old Strathcona. The urban planning committee pointed to COVID-19-related financial struggles on Feb. 2 as the reason it could not currently give the High Level Line Society the $85,000 it was hoping to receive.
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![Council approves Edmonton City Plan Council approves Edmonton City Plan](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/stories/2020-pulse-trial/city_plan_map.jpg)
Council approves Edmonton City Plan
City council has approved the Edmonton City Plan, which is intended to guide Edmonton's growth to a population of two million people.
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