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Opinion: Voters backed infill housing: Now let's build it near transit
The infill election is over. The mandate is clear: it's time to build.
edmontonjournal.com
Edmonton's infill election is over, and Edmontonians overwhelmingly voted for a pro-infill council. The predicted backlash never came.
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Also important to note that one of the most anti-transit and anti-infill councillors lost her reelection
Edmonton's infill election is over, and Edmontonians overwhelmingly voted for a pro-infill council. The predicted backlash never came.
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Voters backed infill housing: Now let's build it near transit
The infill election is over. The mandate is clear: it's time to build.
edmontonjournal.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Also important to note that one of the most anti-transit and anti-infill councillors lost her reelection
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Edmontonians really like bike lanes, infill, and transit I guess…
October 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Edmontonians really like bike lanes, infill, and transit I guess…
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My account will now consist of me just reposting this op-ed every day.
Edmonton's infill election is over, and Edmontonians overwhelmingly voted for a pro-infill council. The predicted backlash never came.
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Voters backed infill housing: Now let's build it near transit
The infill election is over. The mandate is clear: it's time to build.
edmontonjournal.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My account will now consist of me just reposting this op-ed every day.
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Great work by @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social on making the case for more housing options in Edmonton. Unfortunate that Toronto is still the go-to counterexample for unaffordability getting out of control.
Edmonton's infill election is over, and Edmontonians overwhelmingly voted for a pro-infill council. The predicted backlash never came.
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Voters backed infill housing: Now let's build it near transit
The infill election is over. The mandate is clear: it's time to build.
edmontonjournal.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Great work by @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social on making the case for more housing options in Edmonton. Unfortunate that Toronto is still the go-to counterexample for unaffordability getting out of control.
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Edmonton defies pundit "wisdom" that infill isn't a vote winner. The lesson? Make a plan with clear, fair rules and most people will understand the vision for the future. Carving out wealthy or vocal neighbourhoods undermines the vision and the process.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Voters backed infill housing: Now let's build it near transit
The infill election is over. The mandate is clear: it's time to build.
edmontonjournal.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Edmonton defies pundit "wisdom" that infill isn't a vote winner. The lesson? Make a plan with clear, fair rules and most people will understand the vision for the future. Carving out wealthy or vocal neighbourhoods undermines the vision and the process.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Edmonton's infill election is over, and Edmontonians overwhelmingly voted for a pro-infill council. The predicted backlash never came.
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Voters backed infill housing: Now let's build it near transit
The infill election is over. The mandate is clear: it's time to build.
edmontonjournal.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Edmonton's infill election is over, and Edmontonians overwhelmingly voted for a pro-infill council. The predicted backlash never came.
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Now, it's time to build. And what better place to start than near our LRT stations.
Read our op-ed 👇 #yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Is infill a top election issue in 2025? According to polls, no.
Only 14% of people rank infill as a top 3 issue, ranking below garbage collection.
While infill may not be a top issue, it helps solve the actual top issues.
Read more 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/blog/infill-...
#yeg #yegcc
Only 14% of people rank infill as a top 3 issue, ranking below garbage collection.
While infill may not be a top issue, it helps solve the actual top issues.
Read more 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/blog/infill-...
#yeg #yegcc
Is Infill An Edmonton Election Issue In 2025?
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October 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Is infill a top election issue in 2025? According to polls, no.
Only 14% of people rank infill as a top 3 issue, ranking below garbage collection.
While infill may not be a top issue, it helps solve the actual top issues.
Read more 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/blog/infill-...
#yeg #yegcc
Only 14% of people rank infill as a top 3 issue, ranking below garbage collection.
While infill may not be a top issue, it helps solve the actual top issues.
Read more 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/blog/infill-...
#yeg #yegcc
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Did you see the latest Leger poll on Edmonton’s top issues?
✔️ Lowering taxes
✔️ Reducing poverty
✔️ Better services
✔️ Safer streets
✔️ Climate action
Bike lanes didn’t make the list—but they’re part of the solution to ALL of these. Read our new blog to learn how!
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✔️ Lowering taxes
✔️ Reducing poverty
✔️ Better services
✔️ Safer streets
✔️ Climate action
Bike lanes didn’t make the list—but they’re part of the solution to ALL of these. Read our new blog to learn how!
buff.ly/QOaU8G6
August 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Did you see the latest Leger poll on Edmonton’s top issues?
✔️ Lowering taxes
✔️ Reducing poverty
✔️ Better services
✔️ Safer streets
✔️ Climate action
Bike lanes didn’t make the list—but they’re part of the solution to ALL of these. Read our new blog to learn how!
buff.ly/QOaU8G6
✔️ Lowering taxes
✔️ Reducing poverty
✔️ Better services
✔️ Safer streets
✔️ Climate action
Bike lanes didn’t make the list—but they’re part of the solution to ALL of these. Read our new blog to learn how!
buff.ly/QOaU8G6
A new poll shows that infill is NOT a top election issue for Edmontonians. How can that be, when it seems to be in the news, all the time? 🧵
edmontonjournal.com/news/new-pol...
#yeg #yegcc
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#yeg #yegcc
August 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A new poll shows that infill is NOT a top election issue for Edmontonians. How can that be, when it seems to be in the news, all the time? 🧵
edmontonjournal.com/news/new-pol...
#yeg #yegcc
edmontonjournal.com/news/new-pol...
#yeg #yegcc
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I'm extremely disappointed in this "balanced" plan. This policy would kill a ton of housing where it is needed most, with nothing concrete to make up for it.
Strap in folks, because I have a lot of thoughts that have been brewing over the last few weeks🧵
#yegcc #yeg
Strap in folks, because I have a lot of thoughts that have been brewing over the last few weeks🧵
#yegcc #yeg
It’s no secret: The housing crisis is real.
We must build more homes to stay ahead, ensuring affordability and housing options instead of growth in new areas that will drive up costs.
We must build more homes to stay ahead, ensuring affordability and housing options instead of growth in new areas that will drive up costs.
August 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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There’s a forty unit building going up on 91 street just north of Whyte. It includes two commercial spaces.
I’m personally hoping for a café/ice cream shop, and a bookstore!
I’m personally hoping for a café/ice cream shop, and a bookstore!
August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There’s a forty unit building going up on 91 street just north of Whyte. It includes two commercial spaces.
I’m personally hoping for a café/ice cream shop, and a bookstore!
I’m personally hoping for a café/ice cream shop, and a bookstore!
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It's also what enables kids from all socio-economic backgrounds to attend one of the city's most sought-after high schools.
If it wasn't for Queen Alex's apartments, Strathcona High School would be attended almost exclusively by the city's wealthiest people.
If it wasn't for Queen Alex's apartments, Strathcona High School would be attended almost exclusively by the city's wealthiest people.
In Queen Alexandra, midblock apartment buildings have stood beside bungalows for decades. It's what makes this neighbourhood walkable and vibrant, but also quiet and shaded by mature street trees.
August 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It's also what enables kids from all socio-economic backgrounds to attend one of the city's most sought-after high schools.
If it wasn't for Queen Alex's apartments, Strathcona High School would be attended almost exclusively by the city's wealthiest people.
If it wasn't for Queen Alex's apartments, Strathcona High School would be attended almost exclusively by the city's wealthiest people.
In Queen Alexandra, midblock apartment buildings have stood beside bungalows for decades. It's what makes this neighbourhood walkable and vibrant, but also quiet and shaded by mature street trees.
August 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
In Queen Alexandra, midblock apartment buildings have stood beside bungalows for decades. It's what makes this neighbourhood walkable and vibrant, but also quiet and shaded by mature street trees.
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Wait I just learnt where these two are, and in 3 years I am definitely considering checking if a unit is available in one of these
-Close to LRT
-right beside a grocery store
-easy access to the River Valley
I can see why there is so much demand to live there
-Close to LRT
-right beside a grocery store
-easy access to the River Valley
I can see why there is so much demand to live there
August 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Wait I just learnt where these two are, and in 3 years I am definitely considering checking if a unit is available in one of these
-Close to LRT
-right beside a grocery store
-easy access to the River Valley
I can see why there is so much demand to live there
-Close to LRT
-right beside a grocery store
-easy access to the River Valley
I can see why there is so much demand to live there
NEW BLOG POST: Edmonton Needs More Than Tax Incentives for Transit-Oriented Development.
@michaeljanz.bsky.social has proposed tax incentives for building density around LRT. But, we also need to legalize building in the first place.
Read more 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/blog/janz-to...
#yegcc
@michaeljanz.bsky.social has proposed tax incentives for building density around LRT. But, we also need to legalize building in the first place.
Read more 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/blog/janz-to...
#yegcc
Edmonton Needs More Than Tax Incentives for Transit-Oriented Development
www.growtogetheryeg.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
NEW BLOG POST: Edmonton Needs More Than Tax Incentives for Transit-Oriented Development.
@michaeljanz.bsky.social has proposed tax incentives for building density around LRT. But, we also need to legalize building in the first place.
Read more 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/blog/janz-to...
#yegcc
@michaeljanz.bsky.social has proposed tax incentives for building density around LRT. But, we also need to legalize building in the first place.
Read more 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/blog/janz-to...
#yegcc
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It's never bad to prove this anew: It's true that housing markets are segmented!
But they're segmented in the exact opposite way as NIMBYs claim: New supply *barely lowers luxury rents*, it mostly *tanks rents in the old buildings* it draws tenants from
But they're segmented in the exact opposite way as NIMBYs claim: New supply *barely lowers luxury rents*, it mostly *tanks rents in the old buildings* it draws tenants from
July 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It's never bad to prove this anew: It's true that housing markets are segmented!
But they're segmented in the exact opposite way as NIMBYs claim: New supply *barely lowers luxury rents*, it mostly *tanks rents in the old buildings* it draws tenants from
But they're segmented in the exact opposite way as NIMBYs claim: New supply *barely lowers luxury rents*, it mostly *tanks rents in the old buildings* it draws tenants from
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These two multiplexes are a 650m walk from a future Valley Line LRT stop. People claim to support density "where it makes sense" - well, where better than within walking distance to transit?
Let's solve street parking issues by regulating street parking, not by denying people housing. #yegcc #yeg
Let's solve street parking issues by regulating street parking, not by denying people housing. #yegcc #yeg
August 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The main source of noise in cities is… cars. Dense walkable and bikeable neighbourhoods allow people to reduce their vehicle use and thus the noise level of their environment.
Lots of reasons someone who lives in a less dense neighborhood would object to it being converted to a dense urban one. Easiest to understand: neurodiversity. Some people can't function in the hubbub of an urban environment. Urbanity has many advantages, but peace and tranquility aren't among them.
August 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The main source of noise in cities is… cars. Dense walkable and bikeable neighbourhoods allow people to reduce their vehicle use and thus the noise level of their environment.
Good regulations are good. Bad regulations are bad.
The instinctive protectiveness about regulations is yet another problem with left-NIMBYism.
I think regulations banning or restricting denser types of housing are bad regulations.
I think regulations banning or restricting denser types of housing are bad regulations.
I have watched many urbanist channels who push Abundance.
Every solution is let private companies build focusing on less regulation.
It's strange they never critique how private companies choose not to build past 15 years & never build "affordable". Government always has to impose some rent control
Every solution is let private companies build focusing on less regulation.
It's strange they never critique how private companies choose not to build past 15 years & never build "affordable". Government always has to impose some rent control
August 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Good regulations are good. Bad regulations are bad.
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The instinctive protectiveness about regulations is yet another problem with left-NIMBYism.
I think regulations banning or restricting denser types of housing are bad regulations.
I think regulations banning or restricting denser types of housing are bad regulations.
I have watched many urbanist channels who push Abundance.
Every solution is let private companies build focusing on less regulation.
It's strange they never critique how private companies choose not to build past 15 years & never build "affordable". Government always has to impose some rent control
Every solution is let private companies build focusing on less regulation.
It's strange they never critique how private companies choose not to build past 15 years & never build "affordable". Government always has to impose some rent control
August 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The instinctive protectiveness about regulations is yet another problem with left-NIMBYism.
I think regulations banning or restricting denser types of housing are bad regulations.
I think regulations banning or restricting denser types of housing are bad regulations.
In Edmonton we hear a mix of right-wing and left-wing arguments against infill.
At the end of the day, "shortages hurt, no matter the system".
At the end of the day, "shortages hurt, no matter the system".
The Problem With Left-Wing NIMBYism
The Problem With Left-Wing NIMBYism
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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August 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In Edmonton we hear a mix of right-wing and left-wing arguments against infill.
At the end of the day, "shortages hurt, no matter the system".
At the end of the day, "shortages hurt, no matter the system".
Turns out density "where it makes sense" is also not supported by some residents who also oppose gentle density on the interior of neighbourhoods.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
27-storey tower proposed near U of A campus has some residents up in arms | CBC News
Some residents at the open house expressed that they still had several outstanding concerns about the building that the City and Westrich Pacific have not addressed
www.cbc.ca
August 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Turns out density "where it makes sense" is also not supported by some residents who also oppose gentle density on the interior of neighbourhoods.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Seen in Montreal: a small apartment building attached to a semi-detached home. Lots of trees, and a bike path.
Density makes neighbourhoods better.
Density makes neighbourhoods better.
August 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Seen in Montreal: a small apartment building attached to a semi-detached home. Lots of trees, and a bike path.
Density makes neighbourhoods better.
Density makes neighbourhoods better.