Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
@kirstengoa.bsky.social
Back to school!
MBA (CED), CBU '28 🤞🏻
Mom of 5 (2 sets of twins) Grandma of 1
Change-maker
#yeg #yegCC
Land-use is the most powerful tool a city has to address:
climate crisis
housing crisis
social inequality
fiscal stability
MBA (CED), CBU '28 🤞🏻
Mom of 5 (2 sets of twins) Grandma of 1
Change-maker
#yeg #yegCC
Land-use is the most powerful tool a city has to address:
climate crisis
housing crisis
social inequality
fiscal stability
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
Edmonton transit peace officers gave over three million dollars worth of trespass tickets to people with no fixed address in 2024. That’s 90% of all the trespass tickets they gave, and 51% of all tickets of any kind they gave to anyone.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…#yege#yegcccc
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…#yege#yegcccc
https://cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
July 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Edmonton transit peace officers gave over three million dollars worth of trespass tickets to people with no fixed address in 2024. That’s 90% of all the trespass tickets they gave, and 51% of all tickets of any kind they gave to anyone.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…#yege#yegcccc
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…#yege#yegcccc
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
New Op-Ed: Edmonton council made right call on rejecting infill cap
In a time where Edmonton is growing the fiscally responsible thing to do was to keep mid-block infill at 8 units, on large enough lots.
Read more 👇
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yeg #yegcc
In a time where Edmonton is growing the fiscally responsible thing to do was to keep mid-block infill at 8 units, on large enough lots.
Read more 👇
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yeg #yegcc
Opinion: Edmonton council made right call on rejecting infill cap
On Tuesday, the city council supported a motion to keep mid-block infills to a maximum of eight units and I’m grateful.
edmontonjournal.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
New Op-Ed: Edmonton council made right call on rejecting infill cap
In a time where Edmonton is growing the fiscally responsible thing to do was to keep mid-block infill at 8 units, on large enough lots.
Read more 👇
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yeg #yegcc
In a time where Edmonton is growing the fiscally responsible thing to do was to keep mid-block infill at 8 units, on large enough lots.
Read more 👇
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yeg #yegcc
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
If your neighbourhood character depends on excluding people who can't afford a huge single-family home, maybe it's time to change your neighbourhood character for the better.
@growtogetheryeg.bsky.social another McMansion owner is Very Concerned About Neighbourhood Character. This one's in Glenora, so... at least I'm not surprised?
July 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
If your neighbourhood character depends on excluding people who can't afford a huge single-family home, maybe it's time to change your neighbourhood character for the better.
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
We cannot sit idly while some councillors move us back to the era of exclusionary zoning.
Email council now! www.growtogetheryeg.com/action
Email council now! www.growtogetheryeg.com/action
June 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We cannot sit idly while some councillors move us back to the era of exclusionary zoning.
Email council now! www.growtogetheryeg.com/action
Email council now! www.growtogetheryeg.com/action
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
Housing is good, actually. Doubly so if it can increase our merge stock of non-market housing.
If you prioritize your aesthetic preferences over others having housing, or don’t want people of diverse incomes living near you, or have difficulty handling change, then city living might not be for you.
If you prioritize your aesthetic preferences over others having housing, or don’t want people of diverse incomes living near you, or have difficulty handling change, then city living might not be for you.
Vancouver’s ‘social housing initiative’ calls for 20-storey towers across city
Veteran planners question scale of development, effect on urban design
www.biv.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Housing is good, actually. Doubly so if it can increase our merge stock of non-market housing.
If you prioritize your aesthetic preferences over others having housing, or don’t want people of diverse incomes living near you, or have difficulty handling change, then city living might not be for you.
If you prioritize your aesthetic preferences over others having housing, or don’t want people of diverse incomes living near you, or have difficulty handling change, then city living might not be for you.
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
Please please please everyone take two minutes email your councillor right now and get everyone you know to do so as well. If you've already done it, then do it again. 👇
#yeg #yegcc
www.growtogetheryeg.com/action
#yeg #yegcc
www.growtogetheryeg.com/action
Grow Together Edmonton
Grow Together YEG is a coalition of citizens advocating for a more sustainable, vibrant and Edmonton. We support Edmonton's new zoning bylaw and the City Plan.
www.growtogetheryeg.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Please please please everyone take two minutes email your councillor right now and get everyone you know to do so as well. If you've already done it, then do it again. 👇
#yeg #yegcc
www.growtogetheryeg.com/action
#yeg #yegcc
www.growtogetheryeg.com/action
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
NEW OP-ED: Rolling back pro-density zoning restricts housing choice.
When we restrict housing choice, we’re not preserving neighbourhood character: We’re enforcing neighbourhood exclusion.
Read more 👇
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yegcc #yegc
When we restrict housing choice, we’re not preserving neighbourhood character: We’re enforcing neighbourhood exclusion.
Read more 👇
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yegcc #yegc
Opinion: Rolling back pro-density zoning restricts housing choice
When we restrict housing choice, we're not preserving neighbourhood character: we're enforcing neighbourhood exclusion.
edmontonjournal.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
NEW OP-ED: Rolling back pro-density zoning restricts housing choice.
When we restrict housing choice, we’re not preserving neighbourhood character: We’re enforcing neighbourhood exclusion.
Read more 👇
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yegcc #yegc
When we restrict housing choice, we’re not preserving neighbourhood character: We’re enforcing neighbourhood exclusion.
Read more 👇
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yegcc #yegc
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
It's a shame to see a city that has been leading on housing proposing to go backwards. Once you've got a shortage, land prices go up and it becomes harder to dig your way out (ask us how we know). Edmonton was being proactive and avoided the fate of most of Canada's cities as a result.
The first is to reduce the overall amount of housing that can get built on a given lot. This reduction of housing is justified by reduced shadowing and potential increase in parking. Perversely, it also lists the reduction of overall housing by 8% as an intended positive outcome.
June 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It's a shame to see a city that has been leading on housing proposing to go backwards. Once you've got a shortage, land prices go up and it becomes harder to dig your way out (ask us how we know). Edmonton was being proactive and avoided the fate of most of Canada's cities as a result.
This #yegcc
Forgot what’s probably the most important change, making multiplexes go through public hearing again instead of just planning approval. Adding uncertainty, process and time kills a lot of projects.
And discretionary approval processes are a fertility drug for NIMBYs.
And discretionary approval processes are a fertility drug for NIMBYs.
June 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This #yegcc
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
Housing is good, actually. People derive tremendous value from living in housing. If you make it harder to build housing for people you better have a really good reasons, and I am not seeing any here.
Councillor @michaeljanz.bsky.social's motion to downzone large swaths of Edmonton passes the committee to a public hearing on June 30.
Horrible, cynical motion pandering to a vocal minority of NIMBYs to win votes in an election year.
#yeg #yegcc
Horrible, cynical motion pandering to a vocal minority of NIMBYs to win votes in an election year.
#yeg #yegcc
June 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Housing is good, actually. People derive tremendous value from living in housing. If you make it harder to build housing for people you better have a really good reasons, and I am not seeing any here.
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
#yeg is moving in wrong direction.
We need a bold council and administration that can say No to NIMBYs! (Sorry to steal the CPC playbook with verbing the noun) but we do need urban density!
We need a bold council and administration that can say No to NIMBYs! (Sorry to steal the CPC playbook with verbing the noun) but we do need urban density!
1. Wrongheaded sounding move by a city councillor in Edmonton, a city that’s generally been making good strategic moves around doing density better.
2. #GentleDensity is meant to support raising density that’s too low, not lowering density that’s smart and strategic (I coined the term in 2006).
2. #GentleDensity is meant to support raising density that’s too low, not lowering density that’s smart and strategic (I coined the term in 2006).
NIMBY appeasement (even though they say they aren't NIMBYs). One of the speakers thinks the level of infill development is happening too fast (even though it isn't), and says we need "gentle density" to them meaning they need to review every single infill over 6 units.
June 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#yeg is moving in wrong direction.
We need a bold council and administration that can say No to NIMBYs! (Sorry to steal the CPC playbook with verbing the noun) but we do need urban density!
We need a bold council and administration that can say No to NIMBYs! (Sorry to steal the CPC playbook with verbing the noun) but we do need urban density!
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
1. Wrongheaded sounding move by a city councillor in Edmonton, a city that’s generally been making good strategic moves around doing density better.
2. #GentleDensity is meant to support raising density that’s too low, not lowering density that’s smart and strategic (I coined the term in 2006).
2. #GentleDensity is meant to support raising density that’s too low, not lowering density that’s smart and strategic (I coined the term in 2006).
NIMBY appeasement (even though they say they aren't NIMBYs). One of the speakers thinks the level of infill development is happening too fast (even though it isn't), and says we need "gentle density" to them meaning they need to review every single infill over 6 units.
June 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
1. Wrongheaded sounding move by a city councillor in Edmonton, a city that’s generally been making good strategic moves around doing density better.
2. #GentleDensity is meant to support raising density that’s too low, not lowering density that’s smart and strategic (I coined the term in 2006).
2. #GentleDensity is meant to support raising density that’s too low, not lowering density that’s smart and strategic (I coined the term in 2006).
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
Edmonton, the City of Compromise, is at it again
If you have the time, please consider reaching out and sending an email to Mr. Janz and other councillors!
If you have the time, please consider reaching out and sending an email to Mr. Janz and other councillors!
Councillor @michaeljanz.bsky.social's motion to downzone large swaths of Edmonton passes the committee to a public hearing on June 30.
Horrible, cynical motion pandering to a vocal minority of NIMBYs to win votes in an election year.
#yeg #yegcc
Horrible, cynical motion pandering to a vocal minority of NIMBYs to win votes in an election year.
#yeg #yegcc
June 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Edmonton, the City of Compromise, is at it again
If you have the time, please consider reaching out and sending an email to Mr. Janz and other councillors!
If you have the time, please consider reaching out and sending an email to Mr. Janz and other councillors!
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
It just undermines its credibility. It's a trap to fall into that has real effects on real people's lives. If this worked, we'd still have a carbon tax. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa exempting home heating oil from carbon tax for 3 years, Trudeau says | CBC News
The government is creating a carve-out for the carbon tax on home heating oil, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.
www.cbc.ca
June 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It just undermines its credibility. It's a trap to fall into that has real effects on real people's lives. If this worked, we'd still have a carbon tax. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
It seems more like a few councillors are trying to appease some NIMBY's, hoping to get re-elected, instead of doing what they should know is the right thing.
ZBR is working. Cost of living is growing less here than elsewhere, and they will undermine it for people that still won't vote for them.
ZBR is working. Cost of living is growing less here than elsewhere, and they will undermine it for people that still won't vote for them.
June 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It seems more like a few councillors are trying to appease some NIMBY's, hoping to get re-elected, instead of doing what they should know is the right thing.
ZBR is working. Cost of living is growing less here than elsewhere, and they will undermine it for people that still won't vote for them.
ZBR is working. Cost of living is growing less here than elsewhere, and they will undermine it for people that still won't vote for them.
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
Councillor @michaeljanz.bsky.social's motion to downzone large swaths of Edmonton passes the committee to a public hearing on June 30.
Horrible, cynical motion pandering to a vocal minority of NIMBYs to win votes in an election year.
#yeg #yegcc
Horrible, cynical motion pandering to a vocal minority of NIMBYs to win votes in an election year.
#yeg #yegcc
June 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Councillor @michaeljanz.bsky.social's motion to downzone large swaths of Edmonton passes the committee to a public hearing on June 30.
Horrible, cynical motion pandering to a vocal minority of NIMBYs to win votes in an election year.
#yeg #yegcc
Horrible, cynical motion pandering to a vocal minority of NIMBYs to win votes in an election year.
#yeg #yegcc
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
Everything helps. If you can't speak, please email your councillor and the mayor. www.growtogetheryeg.com/speaking
Grow Together Edmonton
Grow Together YEG is a coalition of citizens advocating for a more sustainable, vibrant and Edmonton. We support Edmonton's new zoning bylaw and the City Plan.
www.growtogetheryeg.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Everything helps. If you can't speak, please email your councillor and the mayor. www.growtogetheryeg.com/speaking
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
Here's a stat for #yegcc: there's been exactly 3 rowhouses with 6-8 units approved for building in all of Belgravia since 2024. 0 of them are completed.
Hardly "dropping 8plexes" or a "wave" or "avalanche" of infill.
Such a waste of time over such slow change.
Hardly "dropping 8plexes" or a "wave" or "avalanche" of infill.
Such a waste of time over such slow change.
June 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Here's a stat for #yegcc: there's been exactly 3 rowhouses with 6-8 units approved for building in all of Belgravia since 2024. 0 of them are completed.
Hardly "dropping 8plexes" or a "wave" or "avalanche" of infill.
Such a waste of time over such slow change.
Hardly "dropping 8plexes" or a "wave" or "avalanche" of infill.
Such a waste of time over such slow change.
I'm appalled that #yegcc has to entertain this regressive & cynical proposal to rollback our zoning bylaw, limiting a lot to 6 units (currently 8). Election in Oct. I sure hope the rest of the UP Committee has the courage to stand up to bullies.
open.substack.com/pub/kirsteng...
open.substack.com/pub/kirsteng...
Please Don't go Backwards
So even though I avoid most media (including social) for my mental health these days and get ptsd symptoms from the kind of municipal advocacy that I loved doing (and was even good at and really miss)...
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I'm appalled that #yegcc has to entertain this regressive & cynical proposal to rollback our zoning bylaw, limiting a lot to 6 units (currently 8). Election in Oct. I sure hope the rest of the UP Committee has the courage to stand up to bullies.
open.substack.com/pub/kirsteng...
open.substack.com/pub/kirsteng...
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
@amarjeetsohiyeg.bsky.social asks how much we would lose if we were to limit to 6 units midblock. The answer: a lot. #yegcc
June 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
@amarjeetsohiyeg.bsky.social asks how much we would lose if we were to limit to 6 units midblock. The answer: a lot. #yegcc
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
This rowhouse in Queen Alexandra provides homes for 8 families near Whyte Ave.
Edmonton's zoning bylaw renewal enables more people to live in the central, walkable neighbourhoods they love.
If the rollbacks to the zoning bylaw renewal pass on June 30, this type of housing would be illegal. #yegcc
Edmonton's zoning bylaw renewal enables more people to live in the central, walkable neighbourhoods they love.
If the rollbacks to the zoning bylaw renewal pass on June 30, this type of housing would be illegal. #yegcc
June 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This rowhouse in Queen Alexandra provides homes for 8 families near Whyte Ave.
Edmonton's zoning bylaw renewal enables more people to live in the central, walkable neighbourhoods they love.
If the rollbacks to the zoning bylaw renewal pass on June 30, this type of housing would be illegal. #yegcc
Edmonton's zoning bylaw renewal enables more people to live in the central, walkable neighbourhoods they love.
If the rollbacks to the zoning bylaw renewal pass on June 30, this type of housing would be illegal. #yegcc
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
Attention #yegcc urbanists!
Tomorrow, @michaeljanz.bsky.social will move a motion to roll back a key changes in the zoning renewal.
He wants to limit the number of units on midblock lots from 8 to 6. This would kill hundreds of homes.
Please sign up to speak 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/speaking
Tomorrow, @michaeljanz.bsky.social will move a motion to roll back a key changes in the zoning renewal.
He wants to limit the number of units on midblock lots from 8 to 6. This would kill hundreds of homes.
Please sign up to speak 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/speaking
Grow Together Edmonton
Grow Together YEG is a coalition of citizens advocating for a more sustainable, vibrant and Edmonton. We support Edmonton's new zoning bylaw and the City Plan.
www.growtogetheryeg.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Attention #yegcc urbanists!
Tomorrow, @michaeljanz.bsky.social will move a motion to roll back a key changes in the zoning renewal.
He wants to limit the number of units on midblock lots from 8 to 6. This would kill hundreds of homes.
Please sign up to speak 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/speaking
Tomorrow, @michaeljanz.bsky.social will move a motion to roll back a key changes in the zoning renewal.
He wants to limit the number of units on midblock lots from 8 to 6. This would kill hundreds of homes.
Please sign up to speak 👇
www.growtogetheryeg.com/speaking
Reposted by Kirsten Goa (she/her, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️)
🦋
Los Angeles Panama v Guadeloupe Gold Cup game was empty
What is Trump expecting to happen for World Cup in 2026 when Latino supporters are too afraid to turn up due to Homeland Security, Border Patrol & Police presence?
FIFA are already having to manipulate stadium seating & ticket prices ...
🦋
Los Angeles Panama v Guadeloupe Gold Cup game was empty
What is Trump expecting to happen for World Cup in 2026 when Latino supporters are too afraid to turn up due to Homeland Security, Border Patrol & Police presence?
FIFA are already having to manipulate stadium seating & ticket prices ...
🦋
June 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Los Angeles Panama v Guadeloupe Gold Cup game was empty
What is Trump expecting to happen for World Cup in 2026 when Latino supporters are too afraid to turn up due to Homeland Security, Border Patrol & Police presence?
FIFA are already having to manipulate stadium seating & ticket prices ...
🦋
Los Angeles Panama v Guadeloupe Gold Cup game was empty
What is Trump expecting to happen for World Cup in 2026 when Latino supporters are too afraid to turn up due to Homeland Security, Border Patrol & Police presence?
FIFA are already having to manipulate stadium seating & ticket prices ...
🦋