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  <title>Visualizing Alberta’s shift to permanent daylight time</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[ Alberta is switching to permanent daylight time. People generally get the vibe of what this means: more sunlight in the evenings, more darkness in the mornings. But, I don’t think we understand exactly what this looks like concretely. ]]></description>
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  <title>MLI Select and ZBR sitting in a tree, b-u-i-l-d-i-n-g</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[ Edmonton’s 2024 Zoning Bylaw Renewal unlocked federal affordable housing financing. An analysis of CMHC MLI Select data shows Edmonton’s rezoning has already generated hundreds of mandated-affordable units. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>2026 Q1 Edmonton building permit report</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[ A first look at 2026 building permits through Q1, tracking whether Edmonton will continue the record-breaking momentum of 2025. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The nodes and corridors deception</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[ In their report for the February 9 Urban Planning Committee, Administration claim that they expected a majority of redevelopment to occur in nodes and corridors. Is this moving the goalposts? ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Lot size per unit: a potentially dangerous regulation</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[ Lot area per home has been suggested as a potential replacement for the eight-home hardcap in the RS zone. Looking at the data suggests this comes with some danger if tinkered with too much. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>2025: The year Edmonton built the missing middle</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
  <link>https://www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/zbr-two-year-review/</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Edmonton’s zoning reform is working. In 2025, newly legalized eight-home rowhomes drove a record increase in homebuilding, achieved by redeveloping only 0.39% of properties in mature neighbourhoods. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>A quick look at infill’s effect on property values</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
  <link>https://www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2025/property-value-preliminary/</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ A few graphs and tables for preliminary work on infill construction’s effects on property values. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Building briefing for new councillors</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[ As new councillors take seats in four wards across Edmonton, here is a briefing about infill in the RS zone in their wards. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>7-8plexes in the RS zone and location near transit</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
  <link>https://www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2025/transit-rowhouses/</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ A quick, but deeper look at 7-8 unit multiplexes in the RS zone and where they are located in relation to transit. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Population growth and rowhouse growth in selected neighbourhoods</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
  <link>https://www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2025/population-growth-rowhouses/</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Quick profiles of selected neigbhourhoods and how much 7-8 unit rowhouse development they’re really seeing. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>The RS zoning story they don’t tell you</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[ Ah, here we go again. A deeper look at the RS zone that seems to perenially be in the news. How much housing supply is being delivered, and how fast are mature neighbourhoods really changing? ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Zoning By-Law Renewal: One Year Review</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
  <link>https://www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2025/edmonton-bp-2024/</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Edmonton’s housing policy continued its march forward this past year with the new zoning by-law renewal coming into effect and district plans in force. Let’s take a look at where and what type of homes are being built in this new policy regime. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Liberty Village SmartTrack Station</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[ What does the data say about Toronto City Council’s decision to defund the King-Liberty SmartTrack station? ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Op-ed: Rezoning in Garneau will improve housing options for everyone</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[ I wrote an op-ed in favour of Edmonton’s plan to upzone Garneau. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>District Plans and Policy Need Changes</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[ My take on why and how Edmonton City Council should revise district plans and policy in favour of housing. In short, we need stronger support for mid-rise housing around transit and post-secondary institutions. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Updated district plan profile for each LRT station</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[ Updated maps and plots with the final draft district plans. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Transit commute mode share by provincial electoral division</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[ Quick maps of mode share by provincial electoral division in Edmonton. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Land use and growth around Edmonton’s LRT stations</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
  <link>https://www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2024/all-lrt-stops/</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ A data-driven profile of Edmonton’s LRT station areas using the census, open data and manually-drawn node and corridor boundaries from district planning. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Avonmore Stop</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
  <link>https://www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2023/avonmore-stop/</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ As Edmonton’s Urban Planning Committee discusses the interim District Planning report, here’s a closer look at what’s in store for the area around Avonmore Stop on the Valley Line. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>McKernan/Belgravia Station</title>
  <dc:creator>Jacob Dawang</dc:creator>
  <link>https://www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2023/mckernan-belgravia-station/</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Where district planning doesn’t go far enough: a closer look at the area around the least-used Edmonton LRT station. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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