Tim Querengesser

4 days ago | edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser

The co-hosts of Episode 313 of Speaking Municipally discussed how a city council committee has endorsed a motion to send proposed changes to its country-leading housing policy to a public hearing on June 30. The proposal is to specify the number of infill housing units that Edmonton's blanket zoning allows to decrease from eight to six when said housing is within the middle of a block. While some have framed the proposed change, driven by a motion introduced by Coun.

4 days ago | edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Tim Querengesser |Debbi Serafinchon

As McBryan announces EDBA exit, she sketches out a hopeful future for downtown By Puneeta McBryan said she will leave her role as CEO of the Edmonton Downtown Business Association once she has helped hire a successor, but not because she is moving to a new gig or has ambitions for the coming municipal election. "The decision was a long time coming," McBryan told Taproot. "My kid is growing up really fast, and I want to be home more.

1 week ago | edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser

After roughly one year on the job, Tom Viinikka, the CEO of Edmonton Unlimited, joined the co-hosts of Episode 312 of Speaking Municipally to talk about building what he calls a "critical mass" of entrepreneurial horsepower for Edmonton's tech industry. Here's a quick glimpse: "There's a couple of ways you can increase the economic activity of Edmonton," Viinikka told co-hosts Mack Male and Troy Pavlek. "You can either bring it in or you can build it here.

1 week ago | edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Tim Querengesser |Debbi Serafinchon

Overhaul of street design standards could help Edmonton's finances By Edmonton's newest streets and roads, as well as those being renewed and rehabilitated, could look different starting this fall, as the City of Edmonton is changing its street design standards.

4 weeks ago | edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser

Edmonton's thriving theatre scene can mask some missing opportunities for second- and third-run shows, both in Edmonton and across the Prairies, which can limit the potential for playwrights and other homegrown talent to thrive or even remain in Edmonton, said Mac Brock with with Common Ground Arts Society. "We have one of the most thriving creative sectors in Canada, not just on the Prairies, but across Canada," Brock told Taproot.