When did you last mow the lawn?
Download MP3Edmonton is building fewer parking spaces than housing units, St. Albert is trying to grow its downtown population, Hawrelak Park could open by the end of the year, and we look at the City's new mowing map.
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
Downtown St. Albert
Parking
Election news
- Keith Gerein: With 75 days to go, Edmonton mayoral race missing a front-runner
- Keith Gerein: Frustrated Cartmell was his own worst enemy during council's hearing on Edmonton infill
- Explainer: What's a weak mayor — and why could it matter for the 2025 election?
- Explainer: The role of parties and slates in the 2025 election
Mowing map
Hawrelak Park
Rapid fire
- Jasper will ask province to fast-track Edmonton rail connection
- Jasper Avenue office tower to be partly converted to residential space
- Alberta creates exclusion zone around collisions to deter predatory tow truck drivers
Election project
- What issues do you care about as you consider who to vote for in the 2025 municipal election, and why?
- A progress report on Taproot's election project
- What we heard at our election listening sessions
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Creators and Guests
Host
Stephanie Swensrude
Stephanie is a curator and reporter at Taproot Edmonton. She attended NAIT's radio and television program and has worked at CBC, CFJC in Kamloops, and 630 CHED.
