Comment 114734

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted November 09, 2015 at 10:54:35 in reply to Comment 114706

There have been various campaigns, more or less organized, against those who have renovated empty buildings along James St and the downtown, which has been one of the hardest hit areas in terms of demolitions and decay (as well as population and business loss). The opposition and disinterest of some Councillors to resident-lead efforts to make the downtown a more liveable place is evidence of similar attitudes that the downtown core is best kept poor and unattractive.

Here are the specific examples you asked for:

The fat-cat campaign against James N:

https://www.raisethehammer.org/comment/5...

The Tower's "Now it is undeniable" campaign against any sort of investment or redevelopment downtown:

https://www.raisethehammer.org/article/2...

The article criticizing the Connaught development:

https://raisethehammer.org/article/2730/

And our former Mayor's stated preference for keeping Hamilton cheap and "affordable" rather than encouraging re-development and reinvigoration of the downtown core and lower city.

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2015-11-09 11:55:33

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