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In October 2008, Inn from the Cold officially opened the doors of its new Emergency Family Shelter located in the beltline.
Before the shelter opened, the organization was busing families to a different location every night—churches, synagogues and community halls—alternating between a number of different spaces.
But now this new location offers some much needed stability for familes with space, eventually, for about 80 people per night.
Here is a provocative editorial by Ricky Leong from yesterday's Calgary Sun arguing that while Calgary might desire to be considered among the world's great cities, it can't simply buy a world class reputation:
"World class.
More often than not, those two words are used to explain a multitude of spending and planning decisions around here, whether it be by municipal governments or any number of private and public organizations.
Take Calgary's decision to build a pair of pedestrian and cycling bridges over the Bow River at $25 million a pop.
We were promised world-class structures designed by world-class architects.
Wind back the clock a few months and recall the discussions on transforming the Bow River weir into world-class water park, a project worth at least $11 million.
The Calgary Stampede considers the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth a world-class event on par with Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the Carnivale in Rio de Janeiro.
The same words are used to describe future research facilities, amusement and recreational destinations, and even once used by a former head of the Calgary Health Region to describe the kind of health care he hoped to deliver.
Thing is, world-class status is something akin to love.
It isn't something you can buy."
The City of Calgary has now released its 2009-2011 proposed business plans and budgets.
Total spending on the proposed operating budget is approximately $7.9 billion for the three years while the capital budget is $4.0 billion for the same period. Council priorities for 2009-2011 focus on community safety, transportation and protection of the environment.
Continue reading "The City Releases Proposed 3 Year Budgets" »
On Wednesday, November 19, 2008 between 3:00pm and 7:30pm, CMLC will be hosting a Public Information Session for Phase 1 of Riverwalk within the East Village area. The session will be held at the Rotary House on Stampede Park (located immediately north of the Big Four Building, just south of the Stampede LRT Station).
CMLC and its Riverwalk design team have taken all of the information and feedback given to us by the public during the development of the Riverwalk Master Plan (available on our website at www.calgarymlc.ca) and reviewed it in detail, and we also toured a variety of riverfront developments in a number of cities to review the good and the not-so-good implimentations of river developments. We then took everything we learned as a group and began an intense design development program for Riverwalk, Phase 1 located within East Village with an initial design concept development meeting near the Forks in Winnipeg as a group for several days.
An example of the steps leading to the south bank of the Bow River planned for Phase 1 of Riverwalk within East Village is rendered to the right. The steps are a design solution in response to the public's feedback on safety, lighting, being able to get rafts or canoes in and out of the water easily and safely and integrating hard and soft landscaping throughout the designs. At our latest detailed review meeting for Riverwalk, Phase 1, Ken Greenberg said "It's amazing how far we have come with this project as a team, and I would give the exciting designs we have here an A+!"
Moriyama & Teshima's response to the Riverwalk Master Plan includes:
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