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A new report published by a coalition of business leaders calls for nearly $500 million of investment in Edmonton's downtown. We talk with the report's authors, Alexandra Hryciw and Jason Syvixay, about the action items, and what they hope to achieve. Here are the relevant links for this episode: Guests Alexandra Hryciw on LinkedIn Downtown Revitalization Coalition Jason Syvixay on LinkedIn BILD Edmonton Metro Downtown Investment Plan Downtown Investment Plan (PDF) News Release: DIP INTO DOWNTOWN: Solutions for Edmonton's Financial Future — Strategic Investment in Downtown (PDF) Opinion: Now is the time to invest in Edmonton's downtown Business leaders call on governments to invest in downtown Edmonton Housing Accelerator Fund - City of Edmonton From the Taproot newsroom Housing pilot tests if connecting people can boost inclusion Edmonton on track to approve one garden suite a day in 2024 How NorthwestFEARFest's boss put his life into film Rapid fire Edmonton park rangers shooting plastic bullets at aggressive coyotes Law society to sanction former Alberta justice minister Kaycee Madu $7M Alberta advertising campaign against oil and gas emissions cap rolling

The downtown pedestrianization report finally went through committee, so we talk with Jason Syvixay and Stephen Raitz, two of the shepherds that guided it through. Here are the relevant links for this episode: Guests Jason Syvixay UDI-Edmonton Metro Stephen Raitz Paths for People Pedestrianization UDI's LinkedIn post Stephen's interview on 630 CHED Paths for People: Downtown pedestrianization Action Plan (PDF) New nine-step plan aims to improve pedestrian experience in downtown Edmonton Episode 62 Other Edmonton proposes bylaw changes banning panhandling, megaphones and more Edmonton takes another step to rename central neighbourhood Wîhkwêntôwin, remove Oliver moniker Rapid fire Alta. government unveils drought advisory committee to prepare for dry season Oilers winning streak dies one win from history. So what? Pause on renewables projects to lift at month's end as planned This episode is brought to you by Strathcona County which has launched Select Strathcona , a new investment attraction website helping site selectors, developers, investors, and businesses looking to expand — making it easier to get the right information to make the next, best investment decision. Speaking Municipally is produced by Taproot Edmonton , a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters

On Today's episode of In Development, we are talking to Jason Syvixay, who is an urban planner at the City of Edmonton and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Alberta. We asked Jason to be on today specifically to speak to the Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) and Equity Toolkit he and his team recently created. This new policy toolkit is getting Canada wide attention on how we can build more equitable cities.