Comment 36648

By jason (registered) | Posted December 29, 2009 at 16:00:25

according to statscan, the majority of Hamiltonians work in Hamilton. Downtown Hamilton has the largest concentration of workers. Anytime I'm in Hess just after work I see a ton of suits in the G and G or KOI/Sizzle. Ditto for London Tap House, Augusta Street, Acclamation etc......

Yes, retail is sorely lacking, but one would hope that we'll slowly see that change, although having a downtown BIA and a mindset at city hall that is constantly quoted as saying "downtown will never be a retail centre again" kind of seals our fate doesn't it? They are the ones we're paying to help draw investment into the area and they don't even believe in it's potential. I'd love term limits at city hall, and I'd love to permanently shut down the downtown BIA. Sadly, both moves would be a BIG step in the right direction for downtown.

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