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In Development Episode 19 - Shifting City Growth Patterns with Lindsey Butterfield

In Development Podcast - August 04, 2022 17:08 - 57 minutes
In this episode, Ryan and Mariah talk to Lindsey Butterfield the City of Edmonton's Director of Open Space and Urban Growth. Lindsey chats with Ryan and Mariah about how the City uses data to make decisions on where to invest in growth, infrastructure and open space in the city. Lindsey...

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In Development Episode 18 - Infill Zoning and a 24-hour City - Chelsey Jersak

In Development Podcast - August 04, 2022 05:44 - 1 hour
Today's episode is our first episode with a reoccurring guest! Ryan and Mariah talk to Chelsey Jersak, Principal at Situate, Edmonton's first infill-focused planning firm. Ryan and Mariah invited Chelsey to look back at what has happened over the last months in the infill community, mos...

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In Development Episode 17 - Start a Conversation about Density with The GOAT of the Missing Middle - Mick Graham

In Development Podcast - June 23, 2022 06:41 - 1 hour
In today's episode, Ryan and Mariah talk to Mick Graham who has made the Missing Middle possible in Edmonton. Mick brought his project forward as a case study which was the catalyst to making city-wide changes on how we rebuild our infrastructure. Mariah and Ryan get into why Mick is pa...

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In Development Episode 16 - How Urban Planning Can Solve Unique Problems with Dave Onishenko

In Development Podcast - June 09, 2022 19:20 - 1 hour
In today's episode, Ryan and Mariah talk to Dave Onishenko about how urban planners are a jack of all trades. Dave's experience has led him to take on a development advisory mindset which helped him and his clients in projects like the infamous commercial site in Highlands. They also ge...

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In Development Episode 15 - How We Welcome More People Into Our Neighbourhoods Through Infill With Sean Bohle

In Development Podcast - May 26, 2022 18:50 - 1 hour
In today's episode, Ryan and Mariah talk to Sean Bohle about how Edmonton achieved more than its 25% infill development targets and what is coming next. Sean was on the team that lead the implementation of Edmonton's Infill Roadmap which dealt with infrastructure, missing middle, parkin...

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In Development Episode 14 - The Evolution of Home Design and Meeting People's Needs with Brett Johnson

In Development Podcast - May 12, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes
In today's episode, Ryan and Mariah talk to  Brett Johnson a partner in Boss Design, a Residential Design Firm that works on over 300 homes a year. Brett's firm works with people throughout Alberta and British Columbia to help design homes that meet their needs. Brett gets into the evol...

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In Development Episode 13 - Building an Ecosystem Downtown with Puneeta McBryan

In Development Podcast - April 28, 2022 06:15 - 1 hour
In today's episode, Ryan and Mariah talk to Puneeta McBryan the Executive Director of the Edmonton Downtown Business Association. Downtowns have been hit hard over the pandemic and Ryan and Mariah get Puneeta's insight into what is currently happening to activate our downtown and what e...

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In Development Episode 12 - How to Collaboratively Design Cities for People With Tai Ziola

In Development Podcast - April 14, 2022 16:07 - 1 hour
Tai Ziola's joined DIALOG as a principal in 2017 when her predecessor firm, newstudio, merged with DIALOG. Tai lends her expertise to a wide range of residential, institutional, and commercial projects. Tai believes that we thrive best in collaborative networks and robust communities. H...

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How Fire Engineering is shaping our City With Cameron Bardas

In Development Podcast - March 31, 2022 23:18 - 58 minutes
In today's episode Mariah and Ryan the official "Fans 4 Cam" club learn from Cameron Bardas one of Edmonton's leading fire engineers how past events have shaped current standards and where we need to go next in regards to infill development. Cameron and his team currently review every m...

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In Development Episode 11 - How Fire Engineering is shaping our City With Cameron Bardas

In Development Podcast - March 31, 2022 23:18 - 58 minutes
In today's episode Mariah and Ryan the official "Fans 4 Cam" club learn from Cameron Bardas one of Edmonton's leading fire engineers how past events have shaped current standards and where we need to go next in regards to infill development. Cameron and his team currently review every m...

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In Development Episode 10 - Building Vibrant Communities and Main streets with Morgan Kunitz

In Development Podcast - March 17, 2022 04:44 - 1 hour
In today's episode, Mariah and Ryan sit down with local business owner Morgan Kunitz who builds community on her street, in her family's business and on her property. Morgan is the owner of three beautiful locations of Kunitz Shoes, has a heritage home with a brand new garden suite, and...

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In Development Episode 9 - How Planning is Impacting Housing Prices and Our Communities with Dr. Summers

In Development Podcast - March 04, 2022 04:07 - 1 hour
In this episode, Mariah and Ryan sit down with Dr. Robert Summers the Academic Director of the Sustainability Council and a Professor in the Urban and Regional Planning Program at the University of Alberta. They get into how we can remove barriers to change in our communities. Listen in...

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In Development Episode 8 - How to Build People-Centered Communities with Chelsey Jersak

In Development Podcast - February 17, 2022 14:31 - 1 hour
In today's episode Mariah and Ryan talk to Chelsey Jersak Principal at Situate, Edmonton's first infill focused planning firm. Chelsey, Mariah and Ryan get into what makes healthy communities, and what barriers stand in our way.  Chelsey Jersak is the founder and principal of Situate, ...

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In Development Episode 8 - How to Build People-Centered Communities

In Development Podcast - February 17, 2022 14:31 - 1 hour
In today's episode Mariah and Ryan talk to Chelsey Jersak Principal at Situate, Edmonton's first infill focused planning firm. Chelsey, Mariah and Ryan get into what makes healthy communities, and what barriers stand in our way.  Chelsey Jersak is the founder and principal of Situate, ...

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In Development Episode 7 - Advice from a Councilor: Revitalizing Downtown and Working towards ending Homelessness

In Development Podcast - December 16, 2021 06:21 - 1 hour
Scott Mckeen is Edmonton's former Ward 6 City Councillor. Scott is best known for his 24 years at The Edmonton Journal, including eight years as the hometown newspaper’s City Hall columnist. Scott’s career at the paper ran the entire spectrum, from crime reporting to the environment be...

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In Development Episode 6 - Building Thriving Communities Through The Missing Middle with Alkarim Devani

In Development Podcast - November 18, 2021 15:21 - 58 minutes
On today's episode of In Development Alkarim, Mariah and Ryan discuss how to balance the needs of a neighbourhood as it redevelops. They dive deep into human behaviour and how the needs of people change and evolve over time. Redevelopment is a balancing act between viable projects and s...

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In Development Episode 5 - Revitalizing Neighbourhoods through Commercial Infill and Repurposing with Chris Dulaba

In Development Podcast - November 04, 2021 20:24 - 1 hour
In today's episode, Ryan and Mariah talk to Chris Dulaba a Placemaker at Beljan Development all about what commercial infill is, what benefits it brings to neighbourhoods and how we can repurpose heritage buildings into beautiful community hubs.  Chris Dulaba, RPP, MCIP Chris is a Pla...

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In Development Episode 4 - Innovative Cities with Kim Petrin

In Development Podcast - October 22, 2021 05:52 - 57 minutes
Kim Petrin is the Branch Manager for Development Services at the City of Edmonton, which stewards strategic growth and private sector investment through zoning, subdivision, servicing agreements, permitting, licensing, inspections and compliance. Kim is an energetic, creative, and hands...

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In Development Episode 3 - Geothermal, Affordable, Missing Middle? Is it possible? With John Clarke

In Development Podcast - October 07, 2021 03:22 - 1 hour
Are you interested in geo-thermal energy, sustainable building practices, and The Missing Middle? Join Mariah and Ryan as they talk to John Clarke the President of Niche Developments who builds sustainable projects all over Alberta Canada.  John and his partner Peter started Niche Deve...

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In Development Episode 2 - Creating Equitable Neighbourhoods with Jason Syvixay

In Development Podcast - September 23, 2021 00:36 - 1 hour
On Today's episode of In Development, we are talking to Jason Syvixay, who is an urban planner at the City of Edmonton and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Alberta. We asked Jason to be on today specifically to speak to the Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) and Equity Toolkit he and...

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In Development Episode 1 - Infill Development and Starting a Movement with Tegan Martin-Drysdale

In Development Podcast - September 06, 2021 20:42 - 1 hour
Welcome! To the In Development podcast. This is the podcast for all you city-builders, city-shapers and city-dwellers out there that care about driving change towards people-centred communities. On In-Development we talk about how Canadian cities develop in and up. We are presented by I...

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