Comment 118808

By mdrejhon (registered) - website | Posted May 26, 2016 at 11:19:00 in reply to Comment 118802

It takes time. Rome wasn't built in a day.

It's a lot less empty than the 90s, and will progressively become less empty as the new condos populate (Connolly, Royal Connaught, 150 Main, and many others), more condo and retail planned, and the developments begin to fill the parking lots, waterfront, etc. IBM just moved in, I also hear about Bell Canada (big surge of Bell Hamilton jobs posted on the job sites), and a lot of new businesses are eyeing Hamilton.

And not to mention big downtown boom of mini-incubators, small high tech, co-work spaces (The Forge, Mixed Media, Factor-e, Wise&Hammer, and dozens of others downtown)

And it's important to remember James St N of the 90s after the steel jobs decimation and Eaton Centre bankruptcy.

And that waterfront plan, and those upcoming consultations on new Hamilton transit zones (..involves densification...), etc.

Yes, we do need to codify things like mixed-income housing and making sure the poor is not left behind. The city must work to gradually improve our ability to do this.

In the past, big Hamilton plans have come and gone, yes, but more of the plans are catching-on nowadays, and sustainable economic growth is now being achieved.

Comment edited by mdrejhon on 2016-05-26 11:35:29

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