On June 4th, I and my staff had a chance to visit the new Materials Recycling Facility, or MRF (pronounced ‘merf’). It’s located in SE Calgary and has been accepting the recyclables being collected by the Blue Cart program since it rolled out in April. The grand opening of the facility, complete with a “throwing …
Read more »There has been quite a furor over the “Asian malls” referred to in a consultant’s report commissioned by The City of Calgary. This report was background material for Plan It Calgary, which is developing our municipal plan for how we grow and build our city for the next 60 years. The report, entitled Recommendations for …
Read more »On March 11th, I had the opportunity to tour through The Cecil Hotel. The City of Calgary assumed possession of the hotel on February 27th and has been undergoing cleanup of the building since then. In the near future, the building will be razed and the site redeveloped to fit in with the East Village redevelopment …
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