Emergency Rejuicing of our Climate Ambitions

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Jollibee

• You can now pay someone $15 per hour to wait in line at Edmonton's Jollibee

Lotto Max

• Man who picked same numbers for three decades claims $60-million lotto jackpot

Fringe Records

• Fringe Festival hits record-high attendance with 848,263 visitors

Waste Strategy

• New trash plan gets go ahead from Edmonton councillors
• Trash talk: City grappling with composting capacity concerns, private partnerships amidst waste strategy go-ahead

Open Streets

• Pedestrians take over Edmonton’s Jasper Avenue in Open Streets event

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

• Edmonton declares state of climate emergency, vows urgent action to reduce carbon emissions
• 'It's real': Edmonton city council declares climate emergency
• Michael Walters' Twitter thread

Little Duchess

• Duchess Bake Shop doubling its recipe with second location in Ritchie

Missing Middle

• YEG City Planning tweet
• IDEA: Change is coming to the Zoning Bylaw!

Tech Downtown

• Downtown at 'tipping point' in quest to become Edmonton's tech hub, report finds
• Accelerating Tech in Downtown Edmonton: Impacts and Opportunities
• Mack's Twitter thread
• Mack's other Twitter thread

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we highlighted Unit B, a multi-company coworking space located inside the historic McKenney Building on 104 Street downtown. They've got all the things you'd find in a typical coworking space, plus there's a podcasting studio! We also talked about fellow APN member Life with Dementia. "Host Johnna Lowther is an educator, author and consultant who has a passion for senior care and a belief that the world needs more empathy for the true needs of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia." You can learn more about the podcast at albertapodcastnetwork.com.

Speaking Municipally is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a home for curiosity-driven stories about our city, cultivated by the community. In addition to this podcast, Taproot publishes the Council Roundup every week. Sign up to get it delivered by email for free.