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Civic Briefs: Waterloo Edition

Civic Briefs: Waterloo Edition

By: Richard McClurg
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 Civic Briefs delivers fast, accessible summaries of local city council meetings—so you actually know what’s going on in your community, without sitting through hours of livestreams. Hosted by Casey Page and produced by Richard McClurg, each episode highlights key decisions, delegate voices, and what they mean for your city—all in about five minutes. Whether it’s budgets, bike lanes, or backyard chickens, we break it down so you don’t have to. Subscribe for updates on what's going on in the City of Waterloo.Richard McClurg Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Planning Overdrive – Faster Permits, Uptown Towers, and a North-End Green Light

    Planning Overdrive – Faster Permits, Uptown Towers, and a North-End Green Light
    Oct 4 2025

    Today on Civic Briefs: Waterloo Edition, we’re covering planning moves that set the tone for housing and growth. Host Casey Page unpacks Council’s second-draft Community Planning Permit System, deferred-site clean-up on the Official Plan, two Uptown redevelopment pitches, and a formal approval for Mattamy’s Conservation Drive subdivision—with some surgical tweaks to setbacks and balconies.

    🗓️ Meeting date: July 14, 2025
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    7 mins
  • Rental Rules, Real Talk – Renovictions, STRs, and a Dog Park

    Rental Rules, Real Talk – Renovictions, STRs, and a Dog Park
    Oct 3 2025

    This week on Civic Briefs: Waterloo Edition, we’re covering rental rules and tenant protections. Host Casey Page unpacks the decisions, debates, and delegate voices that shaped your city—from licensing short-term rental platforms and expanding bedroom caps, to drafting a renoviction by-law framework and launching the ARU Grant Program.

    🗓️ Meeting date: June 23, 2025
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    8 mins
  • St. Columba on Pause – King & Columbia Moves Ahead

    St. Columba on Pause – King & Columbia Moves Ahead
    Sep 12 2025

    This week on Civic Briefs: Waterloo Edition, we’re covering the arts-space debate at St. Columba, the development-charge refresh, Uptown land moves, and a mid-rise approval at King & Columbia. Host Casey Page unpacks the decisions, debates, and delegate voices that shaped your city—from a deferral on a three-year arts lease to green-lighting 35 new homes near transit.

    🗓️ Meeting date: June 16, 2025
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    9 mins
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