Have your downtown recovery and eat it too

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Praise for us

• Chris On A Bike's tweet
• Lisa Brown's tweet

Wastewater counts

• Wastewater COVID-19 counts rising in Edmonton and Calgary

Iveson's new gig

• News release: Co-operators appoints former Edmonton mayor Don Iveson as executive advisor for climate investing and community resilience

Carbon tax

• Alberta legislature to debate motion calling on Ottawa to stop carbon tax increases

Downtown recovery

• Downtown Dining Week returns as workers come back to the core
• The Five-Day Workweek Is Dying
• News release: City continues to drive growth and job creation alongside economic partners

Old Strathcona parking lot

• Old Strathcona parking lot sparks debate on how Edmonton leases public lands

Vision Zero Street Lab

• Victoria Promenade survey
• Conrad Nobert's tweet
• Daniel Morin's tweet

100th Street bridge

• Conrad's tweet

Clean energy improvement program

• PSA: Applications open for Clean Energy Improvement Program
• PSA: Overwhelming response to Clean Energy Improvement Program Pilot
• Edmonton pilot program to help homeowners with green upgrades

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