Posts Tagged ‘big box’
A handful of developers are threatening WIndsor that preventing them from zoning more greenfield sites to commercial is a anti-business measure simply to great to bear. They portray this being a matter of freedom of consumer choice, simply the survival of the fittest business and a ...
Planning Advisory Committee Report - "Windsor is over retailed"
It's a shame I couldn't get out to the PAC meeting last Thursday, sounds like it would have made for an entertaining evening. Most people that read this blog would probably agree with the City's planning department on this matter and would ...
http://www.windsorstar.com/LaSalle+argue+market+competition+fight/1929073/story.html
Question, if competition cannot be used as a criteria, then how do we protect our Mainstreets?
"Francis said municipal planners should not decide who competes with whom."
Why not? If we have 7 BIA's, if we have the highest commercial vacancy rate in Canada, why ...
..Keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer!
Although I don't really hate the Town of Lasalle or its residents, I do dislike the idea of sprawling suburban communities and Big Boxer development even more! With that said, I am willing to support the Town ...
Throwing salt on Windsor's wounds, the Toronto Star, March 8, 2009
WINDSOR – In the midst of an enduring slump by the Big Three automakers and a main street already pockmarked by empty store fronts, the last thing bordertown Windsor needs is to see its number one source of ...
