Nominate your Neighbourhood Bike Mayor (2022)

Who: Searching for a Bike Mayor of your neighbourhood

What: Storytelling, organizing, and animating for a more active Edmonton

When: Apply prior to June 26, 2022 - email [email protected] with a paragraph why we should choose you!

Where: Each neighbourhood in Ward papastew

Why: Because we need to empower & engage grassroots community leaders to help us accomplish the Bike Plan, fight our climate emergency, and make our city more welcoming to all.

June is Bike Month! Let's get out and ride and explore our community, make new friends, and enjoy our summer. From mural tours to playground tours to bakeries to breweries -- we got you covered! This is a rolling list of events and if you are aware of another one, please let me know!

TAKE ACTION: If you haven't sent a letter already, we have $400M on the table from the Federal government. Use this tool to send a letter and help ensure that Edmonton gets our fair share!

I invite you to apply or nominate one of your friends, neighbour, or strangers to be the Bicycle Mayor of your neighbourhood.

We’re looking for passionate neighbours who can help make life a little bit better for everyone by improving active transportation in your community.

We’re looking for a leader who will step up, work with our team, and advocate for more active transpiration choices, help identify barriers, and work with us to overcome them.

Benefits of service include:

Funding: We will contribute up to $300 to help fund an event, educational materials, outreach, or to serve as a catalyst that will animate voices for choices.

Support: We will work with you, and you’ll get a brainstorming session with Councillor Janz and his team to help refine and execute your outreach idea.

Connection: You will be one of 23 different bike mayors in the ward and have a chance to make your passion a citywide reality

Gratitude: You’ll be invited to a special thank you party at a rooftop location.

Latest posts

Tariffs or not: be a tourist in our hometown

With all of the uncertainty and bullying coming from the United States, more and more folks are talking about “staycations”, not only staying in Alberta but right here in our own city. This is a timely opportunity for us to revisit our pre-pandemic haunts and rekindle our romance with the city!

With 250,000 new residents moving to Edmonton in the last 5 years, what are your favourite local tourist destinations that you would want to share with someone visiting Edmonton?

Tell The Premier: Pay your property taxes before providing a dollar to Daryl Katz

1. Defending the public interest (next steps towards halting the Katz group handout)

2. Fighting for Renters (Bad news from the Hazeldean townhomes)

3. More Public Transit Service Hours

4. New projects underway: walking, biking, and rolling

Finally, a special shout out to the workers of CUPE Local 30 who are out there filling the potholes and fixing our streets in these extreme weather fluctuations. I spent time this week visiting various crews around the city and delivering donuts with their union President, Eric Lewis. Thank you to all the frontline workers keeping our city moving!

Big Questions before a Billionaire Bonus

Amidst the madness of the USA offering free reign over their government and spending to a billionaire, you might have missed our own dose of local corporate welfare. Every Albertan should be offended.

I’m not talking about the orphan oil wells bailout or the growing scandal around healthcare contracts, or even Dynalife. I’m talking about a new agreement pulled together between the Provincial Government and Daryl Katz’s OEG Sports & Entertainment (OEGSE). Katz is listed in Maclean's magazine as the 29th wealthiest Canadian.