Wetaskiwin Tomorrow

“I’d like to see the retail buildings that are already existing in Wetaskiwin get a much needed paint job. More then half the retail businesses in this town look like they haven’t been updated since they were built back in who knows how long. They look run down and uncared for and that is contributing to them not getting any business …”
– submitted comment

“I’m tired of seeing how Camrose is growing and how their downtown is fairly vibrant. Wetaskiwin’s downtown is just not an interesting place to wander. We don’t even have any interesting stores to wander in.”
– submitted during the Wetaskiwin Tomorrow Survey
(What do you think about focusing on the downtown core? How would you do it?)

“A bicycle sharing system … is an increasingly popular system whereby bicycles are made available on a large scale in a city allowing people to have ready access to these public bikes rather than rely on their own bikes. Municipal governments and community groups have promoted bicycle sharing systems as part of intermodal transportation by allowing people to shift easily from transit to bicycle and back again. By making alternatives to motorized travel easily accessible, they hope to reduce the carbon footprint of commuting as well as enable residents to become healthier through exercise.” — Wikipedia

“Trash cans are vanishing from parks in Seattle, a trend that city officials are more than happy to see continue. The Parks Department has been removing garbage cans since 2001, halting trash pickup entirely at 25 of the city’s more than 400 parks. The idea is to get park visitors to pack out their dirty diapers, sandwich bags, empty beverage bottles, orange rinds and other trash. The city wants that stuff to go into home garbage cans – or, when appropriate, to be recycled.”
– The Seattle Times, May 25, 2009

Rainwater collection from roofs can be calculated using the following formulas:
* 1 inch of rain on a 1,000 square feet (93 m2) roof yields 623 gallons of water; or
* 1 cubic foot equals (12 inch by 12-inch (300 mm) by 12-inch (300 mm) cube) equals 7.48 gallons; or
* 1 millimeter of rain on a 1 square meter surface yields 1 litre of water.

– Source: Wikipedia