Speaking Municipally

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Hadestown

• Nurtured in Edmonton, Broadway's Hadestown now leads 2019 Tony nominations

SNC-Lavalin

• Edmonton looking at SNC-Lavalin to build Valley Line West LRT

TaskRabbit

• With TaskRabbit, another player in the gig economy arrives in Edmonton

Central Park

• Edmonton turning downtown parking lots into Central Park

Recycling

• Elise Stolte: Recycling as we know it failed. Edmonton seeks new approach before reinvesting
• Safety inspection shuts down Edmonton's problem-plagued composting facility
• Separation Anxiety - 99% Invisible

Property Tax Powers

• Revitalizing municipalities across Alberta
• New bill gives Alberta municipalities more power to offer tax breaks
• Michael Oshry tweet

Spring 2019 SCBA

• Council Roundup: May 31, 2019
• Paige Parsons tweet

Enterprise Systems Transformation Program

• ESTP Report

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we highlighted the Edmonton Public Library's Summer Reads '19 reading club for adults. Sign up from June 22 to August 24 and submit your completed activity sheet for a chance to win some great prizes. We also talked about ATB Financial's support of pride. "With representation across Alberta, including rural communities, ATB’s internal LGBTA Network is working to transform ATB into the place to work for LGBTQ+ team members and allies."

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