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Originally Posted by PhillyPDX
I get the lure for events, and to draw to bring people in. But most people don't actually want to live next door to big festivals. SO the questions then needs to be, do we want a event destination for visitors, or a usable park to attract new residents downtown? Many ideas for each will be effectively mutually exclusive.
Aside from the fact I am extremely bothered by admission-based events taking up huge swaths of public parks. Never set well with me. If you are going to have the rose festival city fair, you gotta make it free with no barrier to entry.
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Currently there aren't any residential buildings along Naito in front of the waterfront park. If we ever get any residential highrises along Naito, events at our downtown waterfront park probably won't be much of an issue. Though most people who are living downtown or could live downtown in future developments will most likely do so either west of Broadway or north of Burnside with a handful living in the heart of downtown, so the amount of events that attract people into downtown wouldn't be an issue for those wanting to live downtown.
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