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Its been a quiet blog lately, you could almost say "too quiet". Is this the winding down of the site that I claimed to be more than just a bunch of talking heads?
Where's the radio show?
Where are those brilliantly organized guest speakers by Chris ...
Recently on another thread, we touched on the fact of whether housing should be destroyed to make room for Rexall's and shoppers. The debate touched on the fact that these businesses don't hurt local independent businesses and if the almighty market demanded them then what do we care?
PRoblem is that ...
Now, I am happy that my concerns regarding the Chamber policy were heard, but were the changes they made, done to address my concerns about their lack of representation to local independent business? Were they just made so that they could continue on with their ...
Well, after this confusion with the Chamber of Commerce, I do not believe they are representing my businesses as members. What do I do? No offense to Dr. Morgan but I didn't see many independent business owners on the Small Business Advisory Panel.
Last night I went to a meeting of ...
The Chamber of commerce will present their position which I assume is their stated policy on the official plan
However, my concern is that they have stated at a meeting with myself and a separate meeting at WECEC that the the Chamber "does not oppose the intent of the official Plan ...
Today I presented again to WECEC about my position on rezoning agricultural land to commercial with no population or job growth.
I have attended two meetings where the chamber maintains that they do not want the planning department to change the intent of the Commercial Land Use Policy. That they ...
Why there should be no more world wide environmental summits
From Dr. Seuss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_RlKxz_ymQ
Above: how a downtown windsor arena would have likely looked with 3 blank walls on neighborhood streets and absolutely no interactivity with pedestrians and the area. Rated 3rd worst venue in the nation
Just wanted to put this to bed for 2009 as it still ...
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- Running Blind
- Official Plan Amendment
- The Future of Scaledown
- Why do I do it?
- thehousewindsor - coming real soon to Downtown Windsor!!!
- Is it time for Windsor and the County to “Get On the Bus?”
- Cycle to the Downtown Farmer’s Market this Saturday
- B.A.C. The Age Before Air Conditioning
- Sity = S[C]ity
- We will still need to make stuff! Are we entering…
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Margaret in Running Blind:
There are lots of examples like that - Granville Island, Yaletown,...- Victoria Rose in Running Blind:
YOu might want to link to my Scaledown story about the docks in... - Chris Holt in Running Blind:
I think so. Windsor’s had so many threats against it, it would... - Margaret in Running Blind:
Do we need a “common” vision? Or a motivated and...
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