Comment 112887

By jason (registered) | Posted July 19, 2015 at 22:35:36 in reply to Comment 112884

Hwy 8 in STONEY CREEK is lined with farms, farm stands, wineries and signage directing to further wineries, restaurants and associated food shops on adjacent streets. We have a world-renowned gem that starts right here in our city and extends to NOTL and we do nothing to further it. Head to Niagara and they are adding bike lanes, great signage, bike parking everywhere and now streets that were devoid of bikes 10 years ago are swarmed with them. We just took a 2 day trip there and rode to wineries for lunch both days, and through the country-side, riverfront etc....

We even over-heard 2 couples from the US who met while waiting for a table. One from Chicago, one from Seattle. Guess what both were talking about? The waterfalls in Hamilton. Seattle couple had been and was raving and raving about coming here for a day trip or two. Imagine if we actually cared to promote the things people are spending big $$ on world-wide these days instead of our 1970's mindset thinking anyone's coming here for vinyl town homes or box stores. We should develop a safe cycling network from the edge of Niagara right out to the waterfalls and farm markets in Flamborough, Dundas and Ancaster with protected, green links to the waterfront, escarpment and various great hoods.

But sorry for my little rant. Back to your 1950's car utopia. People can spend their tourism dollars elsewhere. We've got Main Street!!! Yay for us!!!

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