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Originally Posted by Biff
That is the thing Winnipegger, I don't really have a solution.
I would like to think that downtown is in a position with some recent momentum to really push forward in a positive way. Having said that, I also think that with any kind of stagnation we could easily stumble backwards into a hole. Kind of on a ledge right now.
This is why I think if the City has any "carrots" to use, they should be going all in right now.
Tiff's, zoning and variance relief, funding opportunities, whatever they have, I say use it.
...I love that strip in Oslo.
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Isn't this what CentreVenture is for?
That strip in Oslo won't have just happened spontaneously. Or because of incentives or other kinds of magical thinking. It'll have been something like Waterfront Drive.
Something like that could happen again. The transit infrastructure that's supposed to go down Main and along the tracks would be an opportunity for the city to expropriate every parking lot east of Main from St Mary to the Assiniboine. Once the infrastructure is built, do an RFP for the land that's suddenly immediately adjacent to two rapid transit lines.
It's pretty normal for cities to take a proactive role in development like this: set a desired outcome, meet the conditions for it to work, and let developers do the rest. I mean, the development at the Forks right next door is exactly that.
Anyway, I agree; that's how Main Street should look.
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