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Ohman said:
Hopefully the new developments on 106th street across from the new park will have some retail spots to host cafe's and such. Would be nice to grab a coffee and stroll the park, or sit on some chairs outside the cafe and people watch in the park. As pointed out above, creating a destination without the opportunity, or the proper retail like in Ice Distrct, doesn't create a thriving scene.
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Bar Oro is right there and would welcome more business. Autograph will have a few CRUs and so that area will have options.

What the park needs is a coffee kiosk similar to what you find in many European parks for May-Oct.

There's also, at least in my mind, about ground floor residences fronting a park, in that it is the sign of a maturing Downtown and provides new options for future residents.
 
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Ohman said:
Hopefully the new developments on 106th street across from the new park will have some retail spots to host cafe's and such. Would be nice to grab a coffee and stroll the park, or sit on some chairs outside the cafe and people watch in the park. As pointed out above, creating a destination without the opportunity, or the proper retail like in Ice Distrct, doesn't create a thriving scene.
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There are two very nice cafe's right down the street on Jasper and 106 Street, so it would probably be better to have something else there such as a restaurant or other retail. I agree it would be a nice place for chairs outside to take in the afternoon sun and scenery across the street..
 
Wiikwemkoong First Nation, located on Manitoulin Island, acquired Edmonton’s Connect Centre in the ICE District for $65 million. It plans to add 35 residential storeys to the two-storey commercial building. Chief Tim Ominika said the investment aims for financial self-sustainability for the community, funding healthcare, transportation, and housing. The building was developed by Katz Group Real Estate and ONE Properties.

I'm sure this is pretty well-known among other forum visitors but I had no idea it was going to be 35 storeys taller. That's massive.
 
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Thousands Public Servants Return Downtown Monday: A Game-Changer for Local Businesses

Starting Monday, 12,600 Alberta government employees are returning to work downtown five days a week, and Edmonton's business community couldn't be more excited to welcome them back.
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I can see several surface level parking lots from my 9th floor office view, and it seems a bit more occupancy, but by no means close to full and some still mostly empty.

Hopefully that means more transit use. I live in Ritchie now and bike to work where previously I walked.
 
TAS said:
I can see several surface level parking lots from my 9th floor office view, and it seems a bit more occupancy, but by no means close to full and some still mostly empty.

Hopefully that means more transit use. I live in Ritchie now and bike to work where previously I walked.
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We won't know till we see the LRT numbers, but it's probably going to take some time for some who were driving to switch over to transit full time. Nothing convinces you to take the LRT more than getting stuck at traffic for 1.5 hours in both directions.

Anecdotally, the trains were much busier today for me.
 
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We won't know till we see the LRT numbers, but it's probably going to take some time for some who were driving to switch over to transit full time. Nothing convinces you to take the LRT more than getting stuck at traffic for 1.5 hours in both directions.

Anecdotally, the trains were much busier today for me.
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Honestly, I would consider working DT again if the Valley Line West was up. Getting to Downtown by car is just too much of a headache currently.
 
The fact the city is not a part of this is hypocritical. It's especially galling in that, it's been city hall that's been talking about revitalization non-stop for decades. Is the message from city hall 'you do it, I won't'??

It was disappointing to hear the mayor on the news this morning, coming up with a lame excuse on repeat about why he doesn't feel city employees should be a part of revitalization efforts, five days a week. Shameful.

The next time they bellyache about supporting DT, I will just shake my head 'no thanks'.
 
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The fact the city is not a part of this is hypocritical. It's especially galling in that, it's been city hall that's been talking about revitalization non-stop for decades. Is the message from city hall 'you do it, I won't'??

It was disappointing to hear the mayor on the news this morning, coming up with a lame excuse on repeat about why he doesn't feel city employees should be a part of revitalization efforts, five days a week. Shameful.

The next time they bellyache about supporting DT, I will just shake my head 'no thanks'.
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Unfortunately, a lot of what the city does is at cross purposes with improving downtown or not helpful. For instance, they extended paid parking days and hours, then got rid of the machines that were easier some people to use.

There are no regular police patrols in the parts of downtown I normally go and LRT construction has made it harder to access. The delay in LRT construction was one of the reasons City Centre Mall had the difficulties it did.
 
whattheheck said:
The fact the city is not a part of this is hypocritical. It's especially galling in that, it's been city hall that's been talking about revitalization non-stop for decades. Is the message from city hall 'you do it, I won't'??

It was disappointing to hear the mayor on the news this morning, coming up with a lame excuse on repeat about why he doesn't feel city employees should be a part of revitalization efforts, five days a week. Shameful.

The next time they bellyache about supporting DT, I will just shake my head 'no thanks'.
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What if those employees are all 'forced' to come to the office 5 days a week, but all of them pack their own lunch and do not drive (i.e. transit, bike, walk, etc.) and just stay in their office all day from 9 to 5. Is that 'revitalization'? Just playing Devil's Advocate here, as I know for sure some will inevitably drive and buy lunch, but we all know the ultimate goal here is to make Downtown businesses money (even those dirtbags at Impark lol).
 
whattheheck said:
The fact the city is not a part of this is hypocritical. It's especially galling in that, it's been city hall that's been talking about revitalization non-stop for decades. Is the message from city hall 'you do it, I won't'??

It was disappointing to hear the mayor on the news this morning, coming up with a lame excuse on repeat about why he doesn't feel city employees should be a part of revitalization efforts, five days a week. Shameful.

The next time they bellyache about supporting DT, I will just shake my head 'no thanks'.
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Saw a post this morning along the lines of "The mayor said what we need to revitalize DT is a stronger supply of housing to have people live there, not RTO for City employees. Wouldn't having people work Downtown cause more people to live Downtown?"

It's kinda sticking with me. I frequently see the comment "If you mandate RTO, people will quit!", but... that's fine? Unemployment is high enough that people would snap up those jobs in a minute, and if they leave for "greener pastures" that still offer hybrid/remote work, they would find out that there isn't a huge demand for people who refuse to work in-person.
 
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