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By Borrelli (registered) | Posted March 15, 2016 at 12:51:45
First off, to reply to an earlier Q, yes, the HHS Execs I've spoken to read my earlier piece from last year, and I suspect they have also read this story and its comments.
Second, an observation: Along with the one or two above, I've seen a number of comments on the media stories about the OMB decision that seem to clearly come from disgruntled hospital workers angry that their seamless driveway-to-driveway commute experience is disrupted.
The scorn and insults heaped upon Beasley is explicit in these comments--not just implied as in the initial HHS plan to make their operational parking issue OUR community's problem. I should be inured to this garbage by now, but it still surprises me when I hear this complete disregard for residents, as if the only worthy people within 1km of Barton & Ferguson are the health care professionals lucky enough to work for HHS.
I really hope the published decision, especially the final point [52] makes it obvious that the expressed "my parking is your problem" attitudes are retrograde, elitist, and completely out of whack with the planning goal of creating a complete, healthy & liveable community downtown.
HHS can be a great neighbour. HHS already contributes to the Beasley community. A children's centre in Beasley is something to be proud about.
But if the well-remunerated health care professionals who commute from parts afar to the General can't understand that their workspace exists in our living space, then I'm not sure what Beasley residents get out of this abusive relationship. Jobs? As we already know, this was a problem created by people NOT living where they work. Prestige? Apparently the hospital isn't enough to save our 'hood from being bulldozed, as one thoughtful CBC commenter suggested, or generally paved over.
So what do Beasley residents get, if we can't defend our vision for the area? Believe me, an A&W and a Tim Horton's just doesn't cut it.
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