Planning
Recent stories about planning
On the agenda: Rezonings galore and an intergovernmental update
This week, council will debate rezoning applications for a six-storey building in the northwest, a mixed-use development in Parkview, and a 25-storey tower in Windsor Park, as well as hearing updates about relationships with other levels of government.
Land use bylaws up for discussion throughout region
Leduc and Fort Saskatchewan are among the municipalities in the Edmonton region that are updating their land use bylaws.
On the agenda: Zoning bylaw, transit garage, audits
This week, councillors are scheduled to vote on amendments to the small-scale residential zone, review a scope reduction for the southeast transit garage, and hear an update from the city auditor's office.
Your turn: Naturalization, West 240, and budget
This week's batch of calls for public engagement includes a project to return natural vegetation to parts of Edmonton, consultations on a neighbourhood area structure plan in the West 240 development, and continued budget input across the region.
On the agenda: Budget presentations, attainable housing, Chinatown
This week, councillors will begin hearing presentations about the 2027-2030 budget, review a new attainable housing incentive, and get an update on the Chinatown Strategy.
On the agenda: Wedgewood space, industrial land, seniors' housing
This week, council will consider a below‑market land sale in Wedgewood Heights, decide whether to remove municipal reserve land in Edmiston Industrial, and review a revised capital request from the largest non-profit social housing operator in Alberta.
On the agenda: Century Park development, election, engagement
This week, councillors are set to discuss transit-oriented development in Century Park, an audit of the 2025 municipal election, and community engagement during the neighbourhood renewal process.
Updates: What happened next in city-building
Here's what happened next and what to expect on some of the city-building stories Taproot brought you.
The city is poetry for Marco Melfi
Marco Melfi said urban images — the kind you see from a bus window — lend themselves to poetry.