The best part of the pie is the INFILLing

We filled up this episode with infill. We're talking with Mariah Samji, executive director of IDEA about everything you wanted to know, and didn't know you wanted to know about infill

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

UAlberta Website

• Welcome to our new University of Alberta website!

Mayoral Debate

• Candidates come out swinging in first Edmonton mayoral forum, economic recovery and Downtown vibrancy top of mind

Planning Awards

• Edmonton wins planning awards for open option parking and City Plan

Guest: Mariah Samji

• Executive Director, Infill Development in Edmonton Association
• LinkedIn
• Top Barriers to Infill Development

CoE Infill

• Infill Roadmap
• City Plan
• Edmonton Exhibition Lands
• Blatchford

Infill Coverage

• Infill fills a need, but at a cost
• Seven actions from Edmonton's infill roadmap completed in 2020
• 'It has to work for everyone': Edmontonians call for more inclusive city planning
• Rezoning applications propose increased density in Windsor Park and Westmount
• Edmonton wins planning awards for open option parking and City Plan
• Edmonton second in nation for single-family home starts

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