COVID's impact on the future of work - Downtown 2030?

[Hallsy's Toupee]

Originally Posted by Airboy

Alberta Gov Employees are going Back to the office starting April 1st.

April Fools Day!

[Airboy]

Originally Posted by Hallsy's Toupee

April Fools Day!

Wife was told they have to be back in by the middle of the month.

[Coldrsx]

No more masks for Edmonton. Bout time.



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BUT they also voted to a) have admin draft a similar bylaw for council to present to GoA and b) draft bylaw for transit/city facilities.

[Coldrsx]

Edmonton ends masking in public spaces
March 8, 2022

Edmonton City Council voted to repeal the Temporary Mandatory Face Coverings bylaw (Bylaw 19408) during a special Council meeting this afternoon.

Effective immediately, masks are now only mandatory in settings as required by the Government of Alberta. These locations include public transit, AHS-operated and contracted facilities, and all continuing care settings.

The City encourages Edmontonians to be kind to one another and respect people’s personal decisions around mask wearing.



For more information:
edmonton.ca/COVID19

Media contact:
Geoffrey Driscoll
Communications and Engagement
780-293-2971

[Coldrsx]

Good to see the trend continuing given its importance to Downtown's survival and revival.

https://www.edmontonchamber.com/2022...ice-full-time/

[Coldrsx]

Curious to see what things look like in a month from now with many folks back, stark realities, eyes on the street and the need to spend a lot of time cleaning and polishing.

[feepa]

cleaning and polishing is a start. How about kicking the UCP out of government ASAP (who ever voted for these morons??), add resources and more programs and supports for houselessness, addictions and mental health issues.
It's not a police issue.

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by feepa

cleaning and polishing is a start. How about kicking the UCP out of government ASAP (who ever voted for these morons??), add resources and more programs and supports for houselessness, addictions and mental health issues.
It's not a police issue.

I sure as hell did not. Heck, anyone in Edmonton that voted for them should just move to Calgary, the UCP's one true love lol.

[Coldrsx]

City of Edmonton
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Returning to your workspaces Downtown? Welcome back #yeg! We know it’s been a while, so we put together a handy Guide on fun things to do Downtown on your lunch break.

https://www.instagram.com/cityofedmo...5031173149990/

[Coldrsx]

A new era of downtown opportunity

Despite the pandemic's devastating impact on the office market, downtowns and nearby walkable neighborhoods are looking forward to two decades of growth driven by demographic and economic change.

DAVID DIXON APR. 18, 2022

https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/202...wn-opportunity

[Coldrsx]

WWCD?

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...-vacancy-rates

[s211]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

WWCD?

Eat Edmonton's breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and dessert.

[Coldrsx]

Pendennis Building
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A new experience.

The Pendennis is currently hosting a new design experience. The space on our 3rd floor has been transformed into a WorkBetterLab - a prototype for what the workplace of the future will be.

Working with @rgo.ca and @steelcase - they have created the WorkBetterLab to display an interactive experience for leaders, architects, designers and planners to explore the innovative solutions that are available when it comes to creating the changing needs for workplace design.

Want to book a tour? Visit https://workbetterlab.ca/

[Coldrsx]

Join the Edmonton Downtown Business Association for our inaugural ‘Imagining Downtown’ gathering over lunch at the JW Marriott Edmonton, with support from the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce.

The event will feature a panel discussion between Puneeta McBryan, Executive Director of the EDBA and visionary downtown leaders and thinkers from across Canada who will bring reflections and advice about the greatest challenges, strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities we’re facing in Downtown Edmonton. In addition to bringing their own valuable experience and perspectives from their own cities, prior to the event the panelists will spend a day with local leaders walking, observing, learning and imagining what’s ahead of us in Edmonton.

Attendees will leave the event full of insights about what downtowns across Canada are facing and what tools and ideas are out there to address them, and inspiration about what’s possible for Edmonton’s downtown if we make the right decisions and the right investments at this critical inflection point.


Panelists

Kate Fenske, CEO - Downtown Winnipeg BIZ

Nolan Marshall, President & CEO - Downtown Vancouver BIA

Michael Emory, CEO - Allied Properties REIT & Board Chair - Toronto Downtown West BIA


Panelist Sponsor: Edmonton International Airport

Hospitality Sponsor: JW Marriott

Gretzky Ballroom, doors open at 10:30 am *

Event begins at 11:00 am

* Seating will not be assigned unless a table is purchased

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/imaginin...s-411414871957

[kcantor]

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the date for this is october 13.

[Coldrsx]

Startup TNT creates shared space for investors downtown
By Brett McKay

Startup TNT has moved into a new space on 104 Street with a vision to get more investors together in one place and get more deals flowing in the city.

“The game plan is to build out a space for investors of all types ... and have us all co-locate in one space so that we can both share deal flow, but (also change) how to be doing the deals,” Startup TNT co-founder Tim Lynn told Taproot.

The project will start with getting venture capital firms into the space at 10177 104 St., and then ideally include more family offices and corporate investors. In the same way that coworking spaces are set up for startups, the new Startup TNT space is intended to foster a natural exchange of ideas and more extensive collaboration among investors, Lynn said.

-Taproot

[Coldrsx]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas...%2FzFqLA%3D%3D

[Harrison]

Office vacancy rates moving in the right direction...

[Coldrsx]

Edmonton sees more people return Downtown than any other city in N.A.... ... .. . I'd love to see the methodology and raw data.

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/edmonton...hows-1.6099772

[Coldrsx]

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