09-11-2024, 08:45 PM
https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news...es-9504369
It's definitely bizarro world where the meanest councillor in town is on the side of a great idea of keeping the pedestrian spaces open in downtown Galt all year! I wish the local news would actually share more details about what goes on with the rest of the Region because it's been a supremely vibrant spot and Kitchener and Waterloo downtowns don't actually have anything comparable - but you never hear about it if you aren't down here.
Caribbean street party: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_TXnJzO58y/?img_index=1
Latin street dancing: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-TmBPegxKX/
Galt jazz show: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9-RcOngd9i/
Market night: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9U-io7gC3u/
As usual, small business owners are inexplicably unaware of why the spaces where they have their businesses are vibrant... How are they (almost) all like this? How does a shawarma place owner not know that their customers don't drive all the way downtown to get generic, common shawarma? His customers are all pedestrians and drunks from the bars nearby! Why don't small business owners in cute downtowns advocate for more housing and public spaces nearby, creating new recurring customers out of inefficient parking lots?
It's definitely bizarro world where the meanest councillor in town is on the side of a great idea of keeping the pedestrian spaces open in downtown Galt all year! I wish the local news would actually share more details about what goes on with the rest of the Region because it's been a supremely vibrant spot and Kitchener and Waterloo downtowns don't actually have anything comparable - but you never hear about it if you aren't down here.
Caribbean street party: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_TXnJzO58y/?img_index=1
Latin street dancing: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-TmBPegxKX/
Galt jazz show: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9-RcOngd9i/
Market night: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9U-io7gC3u/
Quote:One of those opposed is Fareid Ahmadi, owner of Tops Shawarma.
Ahmadi, who previously owned a restaurant on Queen Street, opened up his new location on Main Street last year.
He said he's not entirely against the idea of a closure and acknowledges when events are happening it definitely generates business, but on weekdays especially, his restaurant is a ghost town.
"During the week, it's so slow," Ahmadi said.
"I believe that the people that come for lunch here and at other restaurants, they're just from around the area. I think people from outside, from my experience, they avoid the area."
Ahmadi understands that with the closure would come improved streetscape and hopefully marketing, but he isn't sure if it'll be enough to impact business.
As usual, small business owners are inexplicably unaware of why the spaces where they have their businesses are vibrant... How are they (almost) all like this? How does a shawarma place owner not know that their customers don't drive all the way downtown to get generic, common shawarma? His customers are all pedestrians and drunks from the bars nearby! Why don't small business owners in cute downtowns advocate for more housing and public spaces nearby, creating new recurring customers out of inefficient parking lots?
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