08-18-2015, 04:15 AM
Just rediscovered this project tonight. It seems like it's stuck in red tape which is too bad. This side of downtown desperately needs developed. The Record helped by moving into old market square and the new market brought a little life to it, but it's still a wasteland: empty lots, closed down businesses, decrepit buildings, squats...
Hopefully the LRT system will bring in some investment. But instead of condos I'd like to see apartments, affordable housing, more retail that can help lower income individuals and provide them with jobs. It's nice to see downtown growing but do not forget about those who have called this place home for their entire lives being driven out by high rents, changes in property values and a change in job markets to technology and so on.
Community Edition did a real nice article sort of focusing on this area as part of their If These Streets Could Talk series: http://communityedition.ca/blog/2015/02/...edar-hill/
Hopefully the LRT system will bring in some investment. But instead of condos I'd like to see apartments, affordable housing, more retail that can help lower income individuals and provide them with jobs. It's nice to see downtown growing but do not forget about those who have called this place home for their entire lives being driven out by high rents, changes in property values and a change in job markets to technology and so on.
Community Edition did a real nice article sort of focusing on this area as part of their If These Streets Could Talk series: http://communityedition.ca/blog/2015/02/...edar-hill/