Comment 44479

By Mahesh_P_Butani (registered) - website | Posted July 30, 2010 at 15:01:12

For Hamilton to succeed as a city, the Gibson, Stipley & Landsdale neighborhoods need to be revitalized first.

Hamilton's downtown core is suffering from the social spill-over effect of these neighborhoods -- and not because of lack of sufficient progress in the core or the waterfront over the last decade.

For spillover to impact the core from the waterfront is a stretch both physically in terms of distance, and by the very economics of the development projects being proposed there presently.

Given the IWS's history, our city's financial state, and the sustainability imperative we face as humans on this planet - we need to get real about our serious dilemma.

The IWS is a solution that has been staring at us for a long time. We simply fail to acknowledge its presence and importance to our collective well being -- just as we have failed to acknowledge the presence of the neighborhoods in which it sits.

Let us fix what is broken first. The economic rationale to build attractions will only arise from this.

The present crisis arising from the East Mountain/West Harbour location debate - is not a failure of positions or negotiating skills. It is the result of a failure to conceptualize the real problem that has paralyzed our city for decades.

Mahesh P. Butani

www.ButaniForMayor.com

Comment edited by Mahesh_P_Butani on 2010-07-30 14:02:29

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