As Maple Ridge grows, transportation is becoming much more than the daily commute - it shapes how residents connect, work, recreate, and access local businesses, as well as key factorss like affordability and livability.

In this episode, Mayor Dan Ruimy sits down with TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn to talk about what it really takes to build a transportation system that works for a fast-growing community like Maple Ridge. Together, they unpack the role of regional collaboration, updates on the long awaited Golden Ears Way 4-lane widening, the long-term nature of infrastructure planning, and why investments like Bus Rapid Transit, road improvements and active transportation can benefit everyone - not just transit users.

The conversation also explores how reliable mobility supports economic growth, helps businesses attract customers and employees, and reduces the risks that come with growth outpacing transportation investment.

What does it really take to build housing in Maple Ridge? How do you support developers to move projects forward faster while still protecting the infrastructure, livability, and long-term planning that residents count on?

In this episode Mayor Dan Ruimy dives into housing, growth, and development with James Stiver, Director of Planning and Building for the City of Maple Ridge. James shares how the City is streamlining approvals through Development Services Optimization, highlights new tools like the Certified Professional Program and Velocity Concierge service, and explains how policy, infrastructure, and planning must work together to support complete communities.

From digital permitting and faster reviews to transit-oriented growth and community planning, this conversation spotlights how Maple Ridge is working to support builders, respond to housing demand, and ensure growth is intentional, managed, and designed to benefit the whole community.

You turn on the tap and water is there. But behind that simple moment is a complex system under growing pressure. So what does it take to keep safe, reliable drinking water flowing in a growing city like Maple Ridge?

In this episode Mayor Dan Ruimy sits down with Davin Wilson, Manager of Water Utility for the City of Maple Ridge, to talk about how our water system works, the planning and maintenance it takes to support it, and why conservation is a shared responsibility. Davin explains how growth, aging infrastructure, and hot summer conditions can put pressure on the system.

From understanding where our water comes from to recognizing the role residents play in using it wisely, this episode highlights why we need to maintain this essential service.