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Dear Winnipeg, Next week will mark the 7th anniversary of my very first letter here. At the time, I wasn t planning on this being a long-term project. Naïvely, I expected The post All Good Things… first appeared on Dear Winnipeg .
Dear Winnipeg, It s no secret that the City of Winnipeg is struggling financially. If you ve been reading here a while, you also know this isn t unique to Winnipeg. It s a The post Are We Living in a Financial Fantasy? first appeared on Dear Winnipeg .
Dear Winnipeg, We are now less than a month away from a truly historic event: the re-opening of Portage Main, our downtown s premiere intersection, to pedestrian crossings. But that s The post Understanding Your Butterfly Effect first appeared on Dear Winnipeg .
Dear Winnipeg, I m going to cut to the chase. You re almost certainly wrong if you think cars are speeding down your residential street. There, I said it. I mean, that s The post Fact: Cars Are Rarely Speeding in Residential Areas first appeared on Dear Winnipeg .
Dear Winnipeg, This will come as a surprise to literally no one, but I really enjoy robust discussions on municipal finance and infrastructure issues. That, and the completely unrelated Adam The post Is It Ethical to Use Debt for Infrastructure? first appeared on Dear Winnipeg .
Dear Winnipeg, Since Monday was St. Patrick s Day, what better time to talk about the city s greenspace! If you don t know what greenspace is, it s the parks we enjoy in The post Zoning for More Greenspace (and Fairness) first appeared on Dear Winnipeg .
Dear Winnipeg, A new city report has come out to try to convince us that a road extension costing nearly a billion dollars is worth it. Nope, this isn t for The post All Together Now: The Suburban Development Pattern Doesn’t Pay for Itself first appeared on Dear Winnipeg .
Dear Winnipeg, Did you know that currently sailing through the City s development approval process is the rezoning of a property that will enable the construction of more housing close to The post If Growth Is Expensive, You’re Doing It Wrong first appeared on Dear Winnipeg .
Dear Winnipeg, Our City s draft 2025 budget was released on December 11th, but there will still be plenty of discussion before the final version is passed at Council at the The post Like Old Wine In a New Bottle first appeared on Dear Winnipeg .
Dear Winnipeg, Today is the one-year anniversary of the day the City suddenly and indefinitely closed the Arlington Bridge, having let it fall into disrepair because they didn t have the The post Happy Anniversary, Arlington Bridge Closure! first appeared on Dear Winnipeg .