Comment 113933

By mdrejhon (registered) - website | Posted September 21, 2015 at 12:23:31 in reply to Comment 113930

Oh! Context I didn't know. Not commenting on history I'm unware of...

Back on topic... Either way, I think all parties have to agree Chris Hadfield was great event and very inspiring. Funded by sponsors, citizens were able to get free tickets.

Chris may not be a city planner, but he definitely inspires citizens. He also showed satellite photographs he took of Hamilton too. And also, the parallels he pointed out, such as preparing for a space mission has a lot of parallels with preparing for a city project, etc. And the determination that allows someone to succeed. And about dreaming (dreaming about Space versus dreaming about Hamilton).

And Kids being inspired to a career with the city (kids were at the Hadfield event too!). And of course, we got to watch a bunch of favourite clips like the David Bowie event where 700,000 Canadian schoolkids sung along via videoteleconference with Chris up in space -- a major social media undertaking that captivated a lot of schoolkids. And to end it off, he sung live on a real guitar at the final 5 minutes to close it out. It certainly was a great thing to see happen.

Also, those who know me, know I'm now becoming a local transit activist, with my UrbanToronto Hamilton Thread, beginning the RaiseTheHammer Hamilton GO Train Article series, the Citizen LRT advocacy which is now tweeting and facebooking (with website hamiltonLRT.ca coming soon). For those who ask -- yes, I've been corresponding with the hamiltonlightrail team who are totally for it, as we complement each other. And a fan of related things like our new SoBi Hamilton Bike Share that out-bikeshared Toronto.

Comment edited by mdrejhon on 2015-09-21 12:40:53

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