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Here are the relevant links if you'd like to go deeper on this week's episode:

Yard Waste

• Plan to remove grass clippings from weekly garbage pickup inches ahead
• Mayor Iveson — “I leave my clippings on the lawn"

109 Street Development

• Former Knox-Metropolitan United Church demolished to make way for condos

Office Vacancy Rate

• 'It's really fun to see': BioWare, DeepMind part of tech surge in downtown Edmonton's office market

Budget Updates & Debt

• An Edmonton City Council clash is coming on debt as other money dries up
• 'A lot of money': Industry eyes late fines as grand opening booked for Walterdale Bridge

Culture, Integrity, and Ethics

• Culture of accountability at city hall finally taking hold: city auditor
• Former MP Brent Rathgeber named Edmonton's first ethics adviser

Lower Speed Limits

• Councillors to debate lowering residential speed limit to 30 km/h
• 30 km/h could be new default speed limit in Calgary
• Vision Zero Edmonton on Twitter: "We have to do better. There was one speeder who went 100 km in a 30 km zone today."

In this episode we mentioned fellow Alberta Podcast Network member That's a Thing?!, "a sometimes belated, already outdated guide to your teens, tweens and everything under 20." We also talked about the ATB X Accelerator, "a three-month accelerator program built and operated by ATB, exclusively for early-stage entrepreneurs across a wide range of industries."

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. Here's the September 7, 2018 edition.