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The High Cost of Sprawl

Low density sprawl stretches the tax dollars of every resident. That fact could be used to support plans for more infill density, according to this article set in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

December 7, 2019 - Winnipeg Free Press

Manitoba

Infill Development Still a Tricky Proposition

Impact fess, also known as growth fees, are creating controversy in the Canadian city of Winnpeg, even as the city prepares new infill development guidelines to quell development controversies in older neighborhoods.

January 10, 2019 - CBC

Manitoba

Winnipeg Reckons With Parking and Place

Increasing the price of parking is among the initiatives Winnipeg is pursuing in an effort to make its downtown more livable.

December 24, 2017 - Winnipeg Free Press

Hosting a City Planning Minecraft Lounge for Kids

Want to engage kids in your summer city planning projects? 12-year-old Roman Borys gives some pointers on how to host a Minecraft lounge in your downtown.

June 27, 2017 - PlaceShakers

Canada WInter

Goodbye, Winter: Until Next Time, a Few Reminders on Lovable Winter Cities

While winter cities may spend most of their brand management on showcasing regional winter amenities, the greatest winter cities provide delight on the neighborhood scale.

March 29, 2017 - PlaceShakers

Inclusive Cities: Inclusion Equals Diversity Plus Equity

Hazel Borys sharing ideas from thought leaders on inclusion and indigeneity.

August 31, 2016 - PlaceShakers

Coming Soon to Downtown Winnipeg: Surface Parking Lots?

What follows is a cautionary tale of how quickly downtown investment can go astray.

April 4, 2015 - Winnipeg Free Press

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City Leaders Flex Muscle in Ottawa

Canadian cities are no strangers to rankings of the world's most functional, attractive cities. Even so, the mayors of Canada's 22 largest cities want national leaders in Ottawa to adopt an even more explicitly pro-urban national agenda.

February 8, 2015 - Toronto Globe and Mail

Winnipeg

Creative Placemaking: Preserve, Repair, Intensify

Many cities have long been investing in art and culture, marrying it to placemaking, and generating extraordinary local transformations. Hazel Borys offers up a little inspiration from an art opening this week, and a few pointers for urbanists.

October 12, 2014 - PlaceShakers

Little Free Winnipeg Libraries

What are all the elements that make people more likely to successfully come together? It's complicated, but here are a few.

July 18, 2014 - PlaceShakers

Technology, Talent, and Tolerance: The Creative Culture

Creativity isn’t a theory about hipsters and the latte set. The key driver of a resilient economy is the same thing that binds us as humans – our shared creativity. Hazel Borys reviews Richard Florida's latest creative culture ideas.

November 20, 2013 - PlaceShakers

For Cycling Advocates, One Question Reigns: Got Networks?

As the level of sophistication in cycling infrastructure increases, the value of networks becomes even more apparent.

October 1, 2012 - PlaceShakers

Winnipeg's Osborne Village Voted the Country's Top Neighbourhood

Winnipeg's centrally-located and historic Osborne Village has topped the Canadian Institute of Planners' Great Places in Canada contest.

April 27, 2012 - Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Offers Model For Detroit to Follow

Detroit should look to a neighbor in the north for advice on rebounding from industrial decline, according to this piece from New Geography, which argues that Winnipeg has already paved the way.

May 19, 2011 - New Geography

Walking, Talking, and Remembering Jane Jacobs

Jane's Walk is a fledgling yearly festival following in Jacobs' esteemed footsteps. Participants in cities around the world like Winnipeg take people on walking tours of their neighborhoods, illuminating their local urbanism.

May 11, 2009 - Winnepeg Free Press

Winnipeg Poor Choice for National Museum?

Canada's first national museum to be built outside Ottawa may not be receiving as many visitors as originally planned.

November 18, 2008 - The Globe and Mail

Can Winnipeg Become a Real City?

Its present form taken only 36 years ago with the amalgamation of 12 municipalities, Winnipeg has still to evolve an "urban culture", argues Nick Ternette.

August 24, 2008 - The Winnipeg Free Press

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