City hikes contribution to SDCs
The city is increasing the funds it gives to the commercial development groups (SDCs) that manage our main streets and try to keep them lively. Interesting figure mentioned here: between 1980 and 2015, the square footage of commercial space in the metropolitan region increased by 144%, while the population only grew by 43%.
Filp 18:37 on 2020-02-12 Permalink
If you can imagine it, Canada is apparently way below the US average for commercial square footage per person. I have no idea how it would be possible to support more space, but somehow they do
Robert H 18:55 on 2020-02-12 Permalink
Je suis certain que les gérants de Carbonleo le savent mais s’en foutent si «l’offre et la demande correspondent.» On n’a pas besoin d’un autre centre commercial, mais il y en aura quand même. J’espère que Royalmount ne nuira pas aux artères commerciales ou Centreville. Mais, cette concurrence pour les dollars des consommateurs, je me demande qui seront les perdants. Hélas, VMR fait ce qu’elle veut. Dommage que la politique municipale ne respecte pas les lignes sur la carte.