Connecting the Dots

06/21/22 • 27 min

What do you live within 15 minutes of? How can we plan our city to bring people and businesses closer to the things they need?
Case study: Whyte Avenue, featuring: Cherie Klassen, Executive Director, Old Strathcona Business Association; Michael Strong, Senior Planner, District Planning, City of Edmonton

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Making Space - Connecting the Dots

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Making Space
A City of Edmonton original podcast
Episode 4: Connecting the Dots Transcript
Guests: Cherie Klassen, Executive Director, Old Strathcona Business Association; Michael Strong, Principal Planner, City of Edmonton
[Narrator] What do you live within 15 minutes of? If you were to walk out your door and just go for 15 minutes – you can take a bike or bus if you want but no car – what are you going to find? Maybe more houses, a coffee shop, perhaps a grocery store. If y