[upinottawa]

I think the market will be a great addition, and I don't buy Gord Henderson's argument that the downtown market will compete with the Walkerville market. Downtown will be open two days a week and will be purely a farmer's market -- similar to the set up with the outdoors vendors in Ottawa's Byward Market.

Hopefully the downtown market will generate more foot traffic downtown on weekends and give people another reason to head downtown on Saturdays. It would be wonderful if they could close Freedom Way when the market is open and make Freedom Way a pedestrian-only zone during those hours.

With the smoking ban, the higher dollar, and the WHTI coming down the pipe, Windsor needs to get more urban (i.e. more residents, businesses, and things to do downtown and surrounding areas) in order to attract American visitors.