Taproot Edmonton publishes curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

transit lrt Second payment system in three years always part of plan, ETS head says The long process that Edmonton Transit Service has used to arrive at offering riders machines that allow tap-to-pay at LRT stations, transit centres, and on buses was by design, branch manager Carrie Hotton-MacDonald told Taproot.

Dec 18, 2024 · The Pulse Thursday, Dec. 19. In this edition: Sohi reflects on housing emergency declaration, downtown investment; calls for public engagement: Recreation, under-served communities, cultural infrastructure; and more headlines and happenings

Oct 22, 2024 · The authors of the new Downtown Investment Plan told the co-hosts of Episode 281 of Speaking Municipally that public investment is necessary to stimulate Edmonton's struggling downtown core, even though the requests are expensive and ambitious.. The plan, detailed in Taproot's Oct. 18 Business Roundup, outlines nearly $500 million in funding requests to the municipal, provincial, and federal ...

Jan 27, 2025 · The Pulse Thursday, Jan. 30 In this edition: Walkthrough aims to create healthier game-building culture in Edmonton; calls for public engagement: Maps tool, policing, development plan; and more headlines and happenings

Dec 10, 2024 · Though city council's fall budget adjustment resulted in a 6.1% increase to property taxes rather than the 8.1% increase administration had proposed, the reduction was created through funding shuffles rather than big culls, co-hosts Mack Male and Troy Pavlek said on Episode 288 of Speaking Municipally.. The co-hosts zeroed in on the Yellowhead Trail project, discussion on bike lanes, and who ...

Jan 22, 2025 · region city council 'Bittersweet' end of the EMRB opens door to 'next iteration' of regional partnership The Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board will wrap operations as of March 31 following a unanimous vote to dissolve the organization at a meeting at the Chateau Louis Hotel & Conference Centre in Edmonton on Jan. 23.

Dec 4, 2024 · On Nov. 27, Edmonton city council's executive committee endorsed investing $8.3 million from the city's Indigenous Housing Grant into three Indigenous-led housing projects from NiGiNan Housing Ventures, Yellowhead Tribal Council, and Métis Capital Housing Corporation.If approved at a future city council meeting, the projects will add a total of 93 new housing units in the Elmwood Park, Calder ...

Dec 11, 2024 · In Taproot's Housing Complex series, we examined where Edmonton is at on housing supply, government subsidies for housing, rental housing, infill, sprawl, and more. To wrap the series, we will now look at what city council and the City of Edmonton can, and can't, do to improve Edmonton's housing system, and for whom.

Oct 23, 2024 · Taproot presents a special project exploring what works, what doesn't, and what can be done to improve Edmonton's housing ecosystem as we head into the 2025 municipal election. There are no simple solutions to the problems of a complex system that hurts some and rewards others. But the path toward improvement begins …