Excellent article! I moved to the area nearly 10 years ago as a single woman. The bad reputation of the area actually made me want to live there even more, as well as the affordable housing. I have found that places with bad reps are usually some of the best to live in. Like you, I found the sense of community amazing. My neighbours and I chat to each other. Those who live rough or low income are welcomed and seen as people. There are so many green spaces, community leagues, events, festivals.... There is so much LIFE here. I feel the same as you do and believe that encouraging people to interact and build community with all the different people who live in the area is the way to go
Thank you for this informative and eye-opening article. I lived in Oliver for over 15 years before moving to Alberta Avenue and have been grateful for the residents here who are open to getting to know one another. I feel more community here than I ever have in my life, and I hope we can all work together in a way that keeps the spirit alive for all neighbours.
Thank you for an informative and article with excellent photo support. I learned new things about my neighborhood, a neighborhood that has a historic reputation for crime and poverty, which has worked diligently over the past 20 or so years to be safe and welcoming. Alberta Avenue (118 Ave) has an active community league with hall and huge community gardens, plus all the good stuff noted in the excellent article. The neighborhood has street festivals like Kaleido coming up soon, plus a food crawl, free art classes at Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, long-time businesses like Stan’s Barber Shop, Green Onion Cake Man, and Myhre’s Music, and exciting newer ones reflecting food and clothing from around the world. Thank you to Rat Creek Press and publisher Karen M. The newspaper is the community voice that has shared the area’s goals and successes for the past 20 years.
Unfortunately this is already being used as part of the criteria for development permits in Edmonton.. The safe injection site on the south side was denied partially on the basis that it didn't meet CPTED
" line of sight" standards. Thank you for this article.
the police are pushing hard for this to be part of "building standards" i attended the EFCL sponsored presentation at Delton where this was discussed. I will confess to having reacted to the categorization of "legitimate" and "illegitimate" users of space. Illegitimate meaning poor i guess. I witness encampment clearouts on an almost daily basis. When I ask what the police are offering as an alternative there is no clear answer.
Surely we can treat fellow citizens with more dignity. The massive outpouring of support and the fast tracking of temporary homes for displaced Jasperites tells me there is a way to build adequate housing fast if we have political will.
Excellent article! I moved to the area nearly 10 years ago as a single woman. The bad reputation of the area actually made me want to live there even more, as well as the affordable housing. I have found that places with bad reps are usually some of the best to live in. Like you, I found the sense of community amazing. My neighbours and I chat to each other. Those who live rough or low income are welcomed and seen as people. There are so many green spaces, community leagues, events, festivals.... There is so much LIFE here. I feel the same as you do and believe that encouraging people to interact and build community with all the different people who live in the area is the way to go
Thank you for this informative and eye-opening article. I lived in Oliver for over 15 years before moving to Alberta Avenue and have been grateful for the residents here who are open to getting to know one another. I feel more community here than I ever have in my life, and I hope we can all work together in a way that keeps the spirit alive for all neighbours.
I lived in Oliver as well before moving to this area and found the exact same thing.
Thank you for an informative and article with excellent photo support. I learned new things about my neighborhood, a neighborhood that has a historic reputation for crime and poverty, which has worked diligently over the past 20 or so years to be safe and welcoming. Alberta Avenue (118 Ave) has an active community league with hall and huge community gardens, plus all the good stuff noted in the excellent article. The neighborhood has street festivals like Kaleido coming up soon, plus a food crawl, free art classes at Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, long-time businesses like Stan’s Barber Shop, Green Onion Cake Man, and Myhre’s Music, and exciting newer ones reflecting food and clothing from around the world. Thank you to Rat Creek Press and publisher Karen M. The newspaper is the community voice that has shared the area’s goals and successes for the past 20 years.
Unfortunately this is already being used as part of the criteria for development permits in Edmonton.. The safe injection site on the south side was denied partially on the basis that it didn't meet CPTED
" line of sight" standards. Thank you for this article.
Thanks for raising this! That's really disappointing to hear, overdose prevention sites are such important spaces in our communities. I did a little internet searching to learn more about CPTED as part of development permits in Edmonton and found this helpful article: https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2024/06/11/podcast-litigates-crime-prevention-theory-used-to-block-boyle-streets-latest-application. Looks like we have some work ahead to oppose this in our neighbourhoods!
the police are pushing hard for this to be part of "building standards" i attended the EFCL sponsored presentation at Delton where this was discussed. I will confess to having reacted to the categorization of "legitimate" and "illegitimate" users of space. Illegitimate meaning poor i guess. I witness encampment clearouts on an almost daily basis. When I ask what the police are offering as an alternative there is no clear answer.
Surely we can treat fellow citizens with more dignity. The massive outpouring of support and the fast tracking of temporary homes for displaced Jasperites tells me there is a way to build adequate housing fast if we have political will.