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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · 1d

Is infill a top election issue in 2025? According to polls, no.

Only 14% of people rank infill as a top 3 issue, ranking below garbage collection.

While infill may not be a top issue, it helps solve the actual top issues.

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Is Infill An Edmonton Election Issue In 2025?

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Edmonton Bike Coalition @yegbike.bsky.social · Aug 29

Did you see the latest Leger poll on Edmonton’s top issues?
✔️ Lowering taxes
✔️ Reducing poverty
✔️ Better services
✔️ Safer streets
✔️ Climate action

Bike lanes didn’t make the list—but they’re part of the solution to ALL of these. Read our new blog to learn how!
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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 29

Well, it's because infill is largely being built in a handful of neighbourhoods near the LRT.

Even in those neighbourhoods, infill is still occurring slowly, over the span of decades.

Map of all 7-8 building permits in the RS zone. They're mostly near transit.

Expected number of years until at least one property redevelops into a fiveplex or more in mature neighbourhoods in the RS zone.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 29

A new poll shows that infill is NOT a top election issue for Edmontonians. How can that be, when it seems to be in the news, all the time? 🧵

edmontonjournal.com/news/new-pol...

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Highlighted: infill, seen as one of the hot-button issues in the campaign following controversial votes by city council, ranked 11th.

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Jacob Loo Dawang @jacobdawang.com · Aug 21

I'm extremely disappointed in this "balanced" plan. This policy would kill a ton of housing where it is needed most, with nothing concrete to make up for it.

Strap in folks, because I have a lot of thoughts that have been brewing over the last few weeks🧵

#yegcc #yeg

Andrew Knack @andrewknack.bsky.social · Aug 20

It’s no secret: The housing crisis is real.

We must build more homes to stay ahead, ensuring affordability and housing options instead of growth in new areas that will drive up costs.

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JP @perrinjan.bsky.social · Aug 13

There’s a forty unit building going up on 91 street just north of Whyte. It includes two commercial spaces.

I’m personally hoping for a café/ice cream shop, and a bookstore!

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · Aug 13

It's also what enables kids from all socio-economic backgrounds to attend one of the city's most sought-after high schools.

If it wasn't for Queen Alex's apartments, Strathcona High School would be attended almost exclusively by the city's wealthiest people.

Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 12

In Queen Alexandra, midblock apartment buildings have stood beside bungalows for decades. It's what makes this neighbourhood walkable and vibrant, but also quiet and shaded by mature street trees.

Small apartment building between single family homes in Queen Alexandra.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 12

They are built of different materials and a little taller. But, at the end of the day, density makes neighbourhoods better.

And in a few years, the handful of rowhouses that will have been built will seem like they've always belonged.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 12

Small apartments make QA great, and because they've been there for so long, it's hard to imagine the neighbourhood without them.

This era's midblock apartments may look different, just as most of this era's single family homes aren't bungalows.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 12

In Queen Alexandra, midblock apartment buildings have stood beside bungalows for decades. It's what makes this neighbourhood walkable and vibrant, but also quiet and shaded by mature street trees.

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Daniel 🇨🇦 @danyelling.bsky.social · Aug 7

Wait I just learnt where these two are, and in 3 years I am definitely considering checking if a unit is available in one of these

-Close to LRT
-right beside a grocery store
-easy access to the River Valley

I can see why there is so much demand to live there

Lauren Boothby @laurby.bsky.social · Aug 6

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. This image highlights the concerns some have about infill in Edmonton. #yeg #yegcc #Edmonton #Alberta #housing

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 7

When the areas within walking distance of our LRT stations are not planned for higher density, it doesn't matter how many incentives you give.

We must move forward on financial incentives, but also keep our eye on district plan changes to enable building in the first place.

#yeg #yegcc

Nodes and corridors around McKernan Belgravia station.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 7

NEW BLOG POST: Edmonton Needs More Than Tax Incentives for Transit-Oriented Development.

@michaeljanz.bsky.social has proposed tax incentives for building density around LRT. But, we also need to legalize building in the first place.

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Edmonton Needs More Than Tax Incentives for Transit-Oriented Development

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Alex Armlovich @aarmlovi.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's never bad to prove this anew: It's true that housing markets are segmented!

But they're segmented in the exact opposite way as NIMBYs claim: New supply *barely lowers luxury rents*, it mostly *tanks rents in the old buildings* it draws tenants from

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Jacob Loo Dawang @jacobdawang.com · Aug 6

"I support density, but where it makes sense".

Sorry, but we're not spending billions on LRT lines so that you can have a personal train to downtown and west Edmonton mall.

Two 8-plexes here makes tons of sense. 8 storeys here would make even more sense. #yeg #yegcc

Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 6

These two multiplexes are a 650m walk from a future Valley Line LRT stop. People claim to support density "where it makes sense" - well, where better than within walking distance to transit?

Let's solve street parking issues by regulating street parking, not by denying people housing. #yegcc #yeg

Google maps showing a 9 min 650m walk to the future vaeg line lrt

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 6

Our take: "Most of the infill that’s going in is within a short bus ride, bike ride, or walk to transit, or future transit. [...] This is working exactly as intended.” - @jacobdawang.com

Read the full story by @laurby.bsky.social 👇

edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/08/05/e...

Edmonton building fewer parking stalls than infill housing units

Edmontonians worried about parking problems with an influx of multifamily infill homes now have some data to back up their concerns. New data in a memo sent to city council in June, released publicly ...

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 6

These two multiplexes are a 650m walk from a future Valley Line LRT stop. People claim to support density "where it makes sense" - well, where better than within walking distance to transit?

Let's solve street parking issues by regulating street parking, not by denying people housing. #yegcc #yeg

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Kathryn Davies @kaphryn.bsky.social · Aug 3

The main source of noise in cities is… cars. Dense walkable and bikeable neighbourhoods allow people to reduce their vehicle use and thus the noise level of their environment.

Doctor Rubato @doctorrubato.com · Aug 3

Lots of reasons someone who lives in a less dense neighborhood would object to it being converted to a dense urban one. Easiest to understand: neurodiversity. Some people can't function in the hubbub of an urban environment. Urbanity has many advantages, but peace and tranquility aren't among them.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 3

Good regulations are good. Bad regulations are bad.

Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · Aug 3

The instinctive protectiveness about regulations is yet another problem with left-NIMBYism.

I think regulations banning or restricting denser types of housing are bad regulations.

Shawn @shawnelder.bsky.social · Aug 3

I have watched many urbanist channels who push Abundance.
Every solution is let private companies build focusing on less regulation.
It's strange they never critique how private companies choose not to build past 15 years & never build "affordable". Government always has to impose some rent control

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · Aug 3

The instinctive protectiveness about regulations is yet another problem with left-NIMBYism.

I think regulations banning or restricting denser types of housing are bad regulations.

Shawn @shawnelder.bsky.social · Aug 3

I have watched many urbanist channels who push Abundance.
Every solution is let private companies build focusing on less regulation.
It's strange they never critique how private companies choose not to build past 15 years & never build "affordable". Government always has to impose some rent control

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 3

In Edmonton we hear a mix of right-wing and left-wing arguments against infill.

At the end of the day, "shortages hurt, no matter the system".

Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · Aug 2

The Problem With Left-Wing NIMBYism

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 1

Turns out density "where it makes sense" is also not supported by some residents who also oppose gentle density on the interior of neighbourhoods.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

27-storey tower proposed near U of A campus has some residents up in arms | CBC News

Some residents at the open house expressed that they still had several outstanding concerns about the building that the City and Westrich Pacific have not addressed

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Aug 1

Seen in Montreal: a small apartment building attached to a semi-detached home. Lots of trees, and a bike path.

Density makes neighbourhoods better.

An apartment building attached to a single family home in Montreal.

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Grow Together Edmonton @growtogetheryeg.bsky.social · Jul 30

If your neighbourhood character depends on excluding people who can't afford a huge single-family home, maybe it's time to change your neighbourhood character for the better.

Carly @krytes42.bsky.social · Jul 28

@growtogetheryeg.bsky.social another McMansion owner is Very Concerned About Neighbourhood Character. This one's in Glenora, so... at least I'm not surprised?

A massive new single-family home in Glenora. There is an anti-infill sign on their lawn.

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