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Originally Posted by Budyser
Sadly, that is 100% true.
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I hope the momentum that has been built for the downtown option holds. To
not invest in the downtown, and hence not generate sustainable growth -- to simply settle for a Coliseum renovation is
actually what would be a waste of money.
A Coliseum renovation would have potential for success if some local development could be concurrently orchestrated to help pay-off this investment. But let's face 'thee' issue with which we are dealing: saving the downtown in order to solidify the city's tax base, so that in the future Moncton (and the Province of New Brunswick) won't be met with crushing debt from infrastructure and public services. The country is urbanising; we need to stop limiting the scope of Moncton's marketing amongst Canada's other leading cities, and instead actually move forward on some of these fundamental framework problems. The city is far too sprawled (and expensive). Our public purse needs this density.