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Originally Posted by 1ajs
stop being so blutty negitive about our city we need to stop looking at the negitive shit from the last decade and take note of alot of positive we have an opertunity to make downtown the hub of the core of the city for shoping like the suburban shoping areas are for those regons and i feel thats what downtowns shoping needs to focus on being the hub to fill a whole thats there
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If you want downtown Winnipeg to be a shopping hub it will first need the following:
- Cops WALKING the beat. None of this driving around in circles eating donuts crap. Cops making eye contact with people makes those with something to hide nervous. The cop may have no idea who that person is, but chances are if they have something to hide they will want to be out of sight from the police and hang out where the cops aren't (which is currently downtown). This will ultimately make the downtown core a much better place to be and make people more comfortable hanging around.
- More people working downtown. Manitoba Hydro was a great start but the core will need another 20,000+ people working downtown before anything major starts happening. Adding more people working downtown adds to the potential for retailers as it brings in business during the work week. It also jacks up the price of parking and makes transit a more regularly used alternative.
- More people living downtown. As traffic clogs due to the commute downtown, people will be more interested in living downtown to avoid the drive. Developers will actually start to see a demand for housing and condos will be built. Those with more money will buy in Wolseley, West Broadway, The West End and perhaps even the North End and Point Douglas thus gentrifying these communities. The gentrification leads to higher land values and slumlords start to sell off their properties and low rent welfare recipients leave the areas.
AFTER this is done you will see downtown Winnipeg as a vibrant shopping core because you will have people shopping during the day (workers), people shopping at night (residents) and all of which doing so without having to share the mall with the riff raff that currently occupies it most of the time with the additional police presence in the mall and on the streets.