It's beginning to feel a lot like budget

In the midst of the regularly scheduled November Ice Age, we follow up on the poor climate budgeting from last week. Plus, there was $5M in Downtown Vibrancy grants that got spent in the last year, and we track down what got funded.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Windermere solar panels

• Solar panel installation begins on Edmonton's 1st net-zero energy fire station

Parking ban

• News Release: Parking ban Phase 1 (Major roads) takes effect Nov. 8 at 7pm
• News Release: Parking ban Priority 1 (Major roads) ends Nov. 11 at 8am

Carbon budget

• Troy's tweet thread
• News Release: Air Products to Receive Approximately $475 Million (CAD) in Funding for Alberta, Canada Net-Zero Hydrogen Energy Complex from Government Energy Transition Programs
• 'Shocked and disappointed': Edmonton climate advisory committee decries proposed budget
• 2021 Fall Supplemental Operating Budget Adjustment
• The City of Calgary releases recommendation for 2023-2026 Service Plans and Budgets
• C40 Cities

Operating budget

• Demolition date for Northlands Coliseum still up in the air, almost 5 years after it closed
• Bike Plan Implementation – Moving Towards the 2023-2026 Capital and Operating Budget

Downtown vibrancy grants

• Downtown vibrancy funds largely spent on festivals and public safety

Single-use item reduction grant

• News Release: City funding available to help organizations reduce single-use items

Wolf Willow parking ban

• Wolf Willow parking ban will be discontinued
• What We Heard: Wolf Willow Residential Parking Pilot Program (PDF)

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Creators & Guests

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Mack Male

Co-Founder and CEO of Taproot Publishing Inc.

Host

Troy Pavlek

Apparently the TMZ of #yegcc.Governing myself accordingly since 2021

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