This week, council heard about the vast majority of parking lots downtown being unpermitted.  And, true to form, they decided to do something about it later! Plus, we get the scoop on Edmonton Design Week.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Edmonton Design Week

• Edmonton Design Week 2023
• Email us your answers to the trivia questions before our next episode to be entered to win a pass to design week!

Surface parking

• Ninety per cent of central Edmonton surface parking lots do not have permits: city staff
• 2009 ABCA 65 (CanLII) | Emeric Holdings Inc. v. Edmonton (City) | CanLII
• Ashley Salvador: Unpermitted Parking Lots Shouldn't Get a Free Pass

Complete streets

• On the agenda: Surface parking lots, Metro Line to Blatchford, and funding transit growth

Transit funding

• Transit in Edmonton needs more stable funding for the future, councillors say
• On the agenda: Surface parking lots, Metro Line to Blatchford, and funding transit growth

Villeneuve Airport Area

• Sturgeon wins appeal to develop Villeneuve Airport Area

Crime conference

• Edmonton conference looks to data to determine how to tackle crime

U of A growth

• New U of A plan calls for enrolment to grow by 16K more students by 2030

Hydrogen EVs

• Danielle Smith has embraced the electric vehicle. No, not the EV you're thinking of

This episode was sponsored by Edmonton Startup Week, which returns Oct. 10-14. Five days of workshops, socials, and events building momentum and opportunity around our city's unique entrepreneurial identity, startup community, and culture of innovation! Build your schedule today.

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