Edmonton is building fewer parking spaces than housing units, St. Albert is trying to grow its downtown population, Hawrelak Park could open by the end of the year, and we look at the City's new mowing map.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Downtown St. Albert

• Why St. Albert's downtown could be welcoming a lot more residents

Parking

• Edmonton building fewer parking stalls than infill housing units

Election news

• Keith Gerein: With 75 days to go, Edmonton mayoral race missing a front-runner
• Keith Gerein: Frustrated Cartmell was his own worst enemy during council's hearing on Edmonton infill
• Explainer: What's a weak mayor — and why could it matter for the 2025 election?
• Explainer: The role of parties and slates in the 2025 election

Mowing map

• Mowing Map
• Coun. Ashley Salvador on TikTok
• Parkland Care

Hawrelak Park

• Hawrelak Park to reopen in late 2025 after years-long rehabilitation closure

Rapid fire

• Jasper will ask province to fast-track Edmonton rail connection
• Jasper Avenue office tower to be partly converted to residential space
• Alberta creates exclusion zone around collisions to deter predatory tow truck drivers

Election project

• What issues do you care about as you consider who to vote for in the 2025 municipal election, and why?
• A progress report on Taproot's election project
• What we heard at our election listening sessions

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