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The Yards: Spring 2019 THE SILENT STARKMAN SPRING 2 PG 14 0 1 9 • FREE COMMUNITY SWAP MEET Community League votes against land swap PG 8 SITE UNSEEN WE GO INSIDE A DOWNTOWN CONSUMPTION FACILITY THIRSTY PG 18 FOR WATER Downtown still wants connections to the river PG 9 OWN AN URBAN FUR BABY PG 16 GROUND WAR BUOK FRESH A FESTIVAL-SPACE SHOWDOWN! KOREAN PG 22 PG 15 THE YARDS | SPRING 2019 1 SHOP LOCAL EVERY SATURDAY 9AM TO 3PM FIND FARM-FRESH PRODUCE, LOCALLY RAISED MEATS, AND READY TO EAT MEALS. SHOP LOCAL FOR BREAD, ARTISAN CHEESE AND SWEET DELIGHTS, OR TREAT YOURSELF TO HANDCRAFTED JEWELLERY OR LOCAL ART. WWW.CITY-MARKET.CA INSIDE SPRING 2019 PUBLISHER Simon Yackulic MANAGING EDITOR FRONTYARDS Tim Querengesser 5 Contributors ART DIRECTOR SHOP LOCAL 7 Messages from the Oliver community league and downtown Edmonton community league Jeremy Pudlowski 8 News Community votes not to endorse proposed land swap at Oliver Park CONTRIBUTORS 9 News Why after more than 30 years, Rossdale might become a place again Sydnee Bryant, Miranda Herchen, Mary-Helen Clark, Dustin Martin, 10 Community events for OCL and DECL William Frost EVERY SATURDAY 12 Events around the core 14 Core samples The silent Starkman MARKETING & EVENTS Shyra Craig 15 Hot takes Buok Fresh Korean EVENTS BY ACE’D 9AM TO 3PM 16 How to Own a pet in the core GOVERNANCE BOARD CHAIR Simon Yackulic FIND FARM-FRESH PRODUCE, LOCALLY TREASURER Eric Hermanns SECRETARY RAISED MEATS, AND READY TO EAT Lee Craig SOCIAL MEDIA MEALS. SHOP LOCAL FOR BREAD, Courtney Gillis COMMUNITY LEAGUE ARTISAN CHEESE AND SWEET DELIGHTS, REPRESENTATIVES Lisa Brown and Luwam Kiflemariam(OCL); OR TREAT YOURSELF TO HANDCRAFTED Chris Buyze, Tamara Soltykevych JEWELLERY OR LOCAL ART. CONTACT US The Yards Magazine 1011, 10301 104 St. NW FEATURES Edmonton, AB T5J 1B9 18 Sight unseen One year after opening, we go inside a supervised consumption site ADVERTISING SALES sales@theyardsyeg.ca 22 Ground war What space is best to fest in the core? PUBLISHED BY THE CENTRAL EDMONTON N E W S S O C I E T Y WWW.CITY-MARKET.CA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BACKYARDS 26 Core questions The pool has been saved but it’s time to dream about what comes next theyardsyeg.ca facebook.com/theyardsyeg @theyardsyeg THE YARDS | SPRING 2019 3 Working for Healthy Communities in Edmonton-Centre David Shepherd 10208 112 Street NW Edmonton, AB T5K 1M4 MLA for Edmonton-Centre 780.414.0743 edmonton.centre@assembly.ab.ca THE YARDS SPRING EDITION LAUNCH PARTY The Alberta Legislature March 7th | Doors at 7:00 PM Panel at 7:30 PM assembly.ab.ca Open for you to discover @ Work Nicer 10160 103 St NW Contributors People behind The Yards This issue of The Yards offers a re-think on several elements of the magazine, including how we present our amazing contributors. We figured rather than a small headshot and bio that we’d ask them to gather, meet one another and build a bit of community. It’s what this magazine is all about, after all. Dustin Martin (Rec Creation, pg. 26) IN EDMONTON: 6 years FAVOURITE EDMONTON PLACE: The river valley WHAT YOU LEARNED WRITING Sydnee Bryant FOR THIS ISSUE: The first draft (How to: Own a Pet in the Core, is always the hardest. pg. 16; Ground Wars, pg. 22) IN EDMONTON: 6 years FAVOURITE EDMONTON Miranda Herchen PLACE: Remedy Cafe (any (Hot Takes, pg. 15) location!) IN EDMONTON: 22 years WHAT YOU LEARNED WRITING FOR THIS ISSUE: We have an FAVOURITE EDMONTON amazing amount of dog parks in PLACE: Northlands Coliseum Edmonton! WHAT YOU LEARNED WRITING FOR THIS ISSUE: I learned how culturally rich downtown Edmonton is, specifically with Korean culture and food. Not Shown Mary-Helen Clark (Swap Heat, pg. 8) IN EDMONTON: 4 years FAVOURITE EDMONTON PLACE: Beaumaris Lake WHAT YOU LEARNED WRITING FOR THIS ISSUE: I talked to many people who had no idea about a land swap. Active engagement in your community is critical. photo: William Frost THE YARDS | SPRING 2019 5 STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD Home to over 70 local boutiques and services to keep you looking, feeling, and living your best. From high-end fashion, accessories, and salons, to elegant home décor and gift emporiums, let 124 Street A Destination for STYLE help define your unique style. Experience creative at 124STREET.CA Alberta ELECT Party Former Chief of Alberta Human Rights Commission Retired Judge | Community Leader Bob Philp has served as Chief of the Alberta Human Rights Commission, a Provincial Court Judge, a respected lawyer, and as a leader on many community service boards. As a resident of Edmonton - City Centre the last 24 years, Bob was a Board Member for Boyle Street Community Services, Reach Edmonton, HOPE Foundation Edmonton, and the Mayor's Edmonton Task Force to End Poverty. He received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2003 and the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005 for his lifetime of community and public service. info@bobphilp.com 780-293-3123 Authorized By The Bob Philp Campaign | gail.upton@albertaparty.ca Chris Buyze Lisa Brown President, Downtown President, Oliver Edmonton Community Community League (OCL) League (DECL) Photo: Michael Sacha from babies in apartments to seniors in our this proposal and will advocate for city OCL PRESIDENT COLUMN many seniors residences. It spans abilities, council to do the same. Personally, I think incomes and cultures. it would be a shame to lose Oliver Park, Our community has a potential hub in the pool, and the overall potential of a Public Spaces Matter Oliver Park. We have the pool, unless City community hub. There are so many other Council decides to close it, and the Oliver spaces to build towers along 104 Avenue. I lived in Oliver for more than seven years Community League is working hard to My engineering background and passion before I knew we had a pool. It isn’t really move through the city’s process to replace for sustainable built environments drove advertised. Instead, it’s tucked away in the our hall on our land at Oliver Park. Our me to the Oliver Community League, and middle of our neighbourhood. If you were arena will not be replaced, which gives I’ve relished the opportunity to shape walking by Oliver Park, the pool would be us space to develop a small facility to what’s built here. But what these past five easy to miss. serve the needs of our community. We can years have shown me is that infrastructure Even though it’s hidden, Oliver Pool is a preserve the playground, mature trees and means nothing without a community. gem – especially in a city where we don’t green space. Imagine Oliver Park having We need to invest in our public places, in have a beach to flock to on a hot day. When something for everyone. our recreation spaces, in our complete outdoor pools became free over the past You’ll read more about the proposed streets. This is where we connect with our two years, Oliver Pool became accessible to land swap between Oliver Park and the neighbours. And it is these relationships so many more. former St. John’s School site, to allow the that build our communities. Oliver has the most residents of any other construction of a 24-storey tower on Oliver Lisa Brown neighbourhood in Edmonton, more than Park, in this issue of The Yards. The Oliver 18,000. Our population spans all ages, Community League recently voted against funding for design and development of a At the public hearing this spring, which DECL PRESIDENT COLUMN large ‘District’ park in our Warehouse area. required city council to approve an Just this past January, council affirmed this expropriation of the final site to realize decision to move forward with acquiring the vision of this large recreational park, the final sites needed for this park, north I was impressed by the consensus around A Big Green Win of Jasper Avenue, from 106 Street to just the room from administration, planners, This last year has been significantly beyond 107 Street. At over 1.4 hectares, residents, business and developers alike, different than before for the residents of this park is already proving to be a huge about the need for this new green space. the Warehouse area and those who live catalyst for further residential development It re-affirms for me the priorities our board particularly along 104 Street. Alex Decoteau in the area, with several towers proposed. has advocated for over the last 10 years. Park has made a big impact on the lives of Much of this will cover the undesirable Those are that more parks and recreational residents of the area as a gathering place. surface lots that have plagued much of the infrastructure Downtown is important to a Since its inception and continued Warehouse area for decades. lot of folks. updates, the award-winning Capital City The importance of this park, and other I can’t wait to see what’s in store for this Downtown Plan has contemplated more future parks in the Downtown can not be large green space. We hope to see you green space and parks. Many of the city’s overstated. They directly contribute to participate in consultations regarding its own documents over the years have the health and wellbeing of residents, design, (hopefully) later in 2019. acknowledged a lack of green space for providing respite, a chance to socialize with Chris Buyze residents Downtown. Sure the river valley neighbours, and a way to ensure Downtown is nice, but it’s not right outside our door.
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