Open letter about pedestrianization
A group of merchants along Mont-Royal Avenue has signed an open letter asking that the pedestrianization of the street be given a chance to work. They’ve just been thanked by the mayor.
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walkerp 11:27 on 2020-06-27 Permalink
Nice.
Wish we could see some bigger names on there. And I’d like to see the names of the owners who are fighting aggressively against this change.
John B 15:02 on 2020-06-27 Permalink
To find out who’s against this, (and boycott them!), here’s what worked for the Verdun bike path last year:
The most vocal opponents are often interviewed in the articles about how businesses are dying because of pedestrianization.
If there’s a borough council meeting that involves the subject, (or maybe even if it doesn’t), see if you can watch the section where the councillors take questions from the public, often the really opposed people will be there, and if the opposition is organized, a lot of them will be there. This may be weird because of COVID-19.
Also, if there’s a local Facebook group there will be discussion there, although some of the most vocal offenders may have been banned from the group…
CE 12:44 on 2020-06-28 Permalink
I think it’s important to let the merchants know that you’re boycotting them and why. I have a couple friends who live in the Plateau and follow local politics closely. When some stores on Rachel started putting up fake à vendre signs with Luc Ferrandez’s phone number, in protest of parking restrictions, they went around and told the stores they normally shop at that they wouldn’t be coming in anymore. A few merchants ranted at them but when they explained their case – that the stores are fighting interventions that would make their lives, as residents, more pleasant – it gave some of them pause and maybe they reconsidered their views.