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Originally Posted by someone123
I don't think it's true that the city is "slipping" and that the mid-90s, for example, were a kind of golden era. They weren't. Halifax felt a lot smaller and quieter then generally and its economy was not as good.
Mainly I just want to see some renewed investment in the downtown. If Barrington is fixed up and a few of the major projects being talked about actually come into being the impact will be pretty significant. I think the economy, on the whole, is doing fine.
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Totally agree with both statements. I remember Barrington St. in the mid 90s and it was empty.
Some of our saying "No" has been because we have been doing so well lately. The development debates that we've seen fire up in the last two or three years didn't exist ten years ago because there was hardly any interest in big projects downtown. Our antiquated development process is now under the microscope and I think we are just beginning the debate on how we can move the city forward. It's going to be painful to watch for a while because all parties are entrenched in their positions and there is a lot of bad blood but I think this whole awkward year or two is simply growing pains made worse by poor leadership. We haven't "lost our mojo" we're just coming up against some big questions that will take a while to sort out.