The Official Moncton, NB Project Thread - Page 520

onecrazyleafsfan · #**10381** Posted **Jun 27, 2012, 12:54 PM**

codiac transpo on stike been locked out by the city

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City of Moncton / Ville de Moncton

Stranded at a bus stop today? Call 857-2008 and we'll send a taxi to you at the city's expense.

Vous êtes pris à un arrêt d'autobus aujourd'hui? Composez le 857-2008, et nous vous enverrons un taxi, gracieuseté de la Ville.

JasonL-Moncton · #**10382** Posted **Jun 27, 2012, 3:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Meanwhile there was oodles of available land in several of the regional industrial parks that could have accomodated the facility that were much closer.....

Or just made it part of the new 'law courts', and attached a new Codiac RCMP station to it too...but I digress, that makes too much sense.

JL

JasonL-Moncton · #**10383** Posted **Jun 27, 2012, 3:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Budyser

It's here folks!!! Parking on Main St has begun.

Hell downtown is now here! Can't wait to witness the first parallel parking attempt. Or better yet, the first driver's side door to get ripped off its hinges. Or, how the hell emergency vehicles are going to get through!

I'm going to bring my lawn chair and a bag of popcorn on the next sunny day and watch the fiasco. I see a lot of YouTube moments in my future!

This so isn't going to end well...dumb move.

It also bites for anyone sitting on a patio...now they have a row of cars directly beside them, spitting exhaust even closer to them than before...but yup, this encourages more people to come downtown.

This is a deathtrap waiting to happen, wait until a kid jumps out from between one of these parked cars and gets hit...but cha-ching, the cash registers are flowing on Main.

...sigh...

MonctonRad · #**10384** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 8:46 PM**

Conference Board says Moncton will grow
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Telegraph-Journal
By: Bruce Bartlett

Moncton will be the economic hot spot in New Brunswick this year, according to an outlook published by the Conference Board of Canada, but the economy in Saint John is also expected to grow faster than it did last year.

Moncton's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 2.1 per cent in 2012, and that rate is expected to increase to 2.3 per cent in both 2013 and 2014, according to board's first-ever metropolitan outlook for the Moncton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). Saint John is expecting growth of 1.4 per cent this year and 1.9 per cent from 2013 to 2016.

Moncton's relative strength in comparison to the rest of the province has a lot to do with population growth, said Jane McIntyre, an economist with the Conference Board.

read more:
http://22864.vws.magma.ca/index.php?&article_id=9236

odonymist · #**10385** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 8:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

from CBC

Planners overlook Louis J. Robichaud Street pledge
Moncton planning commission will review decision to name street Frampton Lane

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I had read a few pages back onhere that the extension of Framptonw as going to be called CREEK STREET. Wonder what happened to that.

MonctonRad · #**10386** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 9:43 PM**

Greetings and welcome to the forum!

It doesn't matter too much what they were going to call the street. It will be called Louis J Robichaud St, which is a fitting name.

The only incongruous thing is that the street will currently only be a stub off of Mapleton Rd. The name will make more sense when it connects through to the Crowley Farm Rd and on to U de M.

I wonder how many years it will take to extend the street the whole way?

JasonL-Moncton · #**10387** Posted **Jun 29, 2012, 12:46 PM**

New "bar/grill" going in to the old "voodoo/sweetwaters/kelsey's" building by the NBLC on Mountain by Fairlanes Bowling Alley.

Red Leaf Bar & Grill: http://www.facebook.com/RedLeafGrillLoungeLtd

Knew nothing about this, just saw a sign posted out front that it was opening soon.

JL

BlackYear · #**10388** Posted **Jun 29, 2012, 3:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by JasonL-Moncton

New "bar/grill" going in to the old "voodoo/sweetwaters/kelsey's" building by the NBLC on Mountain by Fairlanes Bowling Alley.

Red Leaf Bar & Grill: http://www.facebook.com/RedLeafGrillLoungeLtd

Knew nothing about this, just saw a sign posted out front that it was opening soon.

JL

I think it was posted on here a while back. At the rate they're going, they should be open by 2018.

Jerry556 · #**10389** Posted **Jun 30, 2012, 1:12 AM**

I know everyone's complaining about the new parking downtown, but I was downtown tonight, and it seems a fair amount busier then usual, I think this is a good thing and will help and compound the momentum we have going for developing the downtown.

David_99 · #**10390** Posted **Jun 30, 2012, 1:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jerry556

I know everyone's complaining about the new parking downtown, but I was downtown tonight, and it seems a fair amount busier then usual, I think this is a good thing and will help and compound the momentum we have going for developing the downtown.

I'd thank the weather + long weekend for that. If you want to go downtown, you go, and park where ever you can. You don't cancel your night because the parking behind city hall is full. You drive a block or two and find a spot. At least I hope we're not that lazy.

CdnEh · #**10391** Posted **Jul 2, 2012, 12:40 AM**

Has anybody noticed the "State" dropdown on Apple's hiring page now includes New Brunswick, and City includes Moncton?

Could this be a sign that Moncton is FINALLY getting an Apple store?

Saint John next please

MonctonRad · #**10392** Posted **Jul 2, 2012, 2:15 AM**

Don't know what this is about. The page seems to be for corporate positions, not retail.

There is an Apple "premium reseller" setting up in Champlain Place (and Regent Mall in Fredericton too) this fall. This store is called Jump+ and it sounds like it is a high quality Apple affiliate, complete with "geniuses" and in store repair services. I don't think this is what the link on the Apple page is referring to.....

CdnEh · #**10393** Posted **Jul 2, 2012, 11:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Don't know what this is about. The page seems to be for corporate positions, not retail.

There is an Apple "premium reseller" setting up in Champlain Place (and Regent Mall in Fredericton too) this fall. This store is called Jump+ and it sounds like it is a high quality Apple affiliate, complete with "geniuses" and in store repair services. I don't think this is what the link on the Apple page is referring to.....

Apple has no corporate presence in Moncton though, and I highly doubt Apple would be putting up postings for 3rd party affiliates on its website.

The reason I point this out is because when the "Nova Scotia" option showed up, rumours swirled saying a Halifax Apple Store was in the works, and they turned out to be true. Why would Apple suddenly have an option to search for jobs in New Brunswick, and only list Moncton under the Cities list, if there weren't plans?

They don't list the other provinces where there aren't any stores...

http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?BID=1&method=mExternal.showSearchInterface

MonctonRad · #**10394** Posted **Jul 2, 2012, 11:26 PM**

Granted, but why would Jump+ open a store in Champlain Place if Apple were considering their own store for the city. It doesn't make much sense......

michael_d40 · #**10395** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 12:48 AM**

A clip from the job posting link you copied,

Requisition Number 16739387
Job title iPhone Solutions Consultant - part-time
Location Moncton
Country Canada
City Moncton
State New Brunswick
Job type
Job description Overview:
The iPhone Solutions Consultant (ISC) is a part-time Apple employee who oversees the sales, merchandising and operations of Apple solutions in a Reseller’s store.

Looks like it is for Jump+ and not an actual Apple store.

MonctonRad · #**10396** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 2:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by michael_d40

Looks like it is for Jump+ and not an actual Apple store.

Interesting michael. What your post clearly indicates is the close relationship between Jump+ and Apple. A relationship that is so close that there will be actual Apple employees stationed in the Jump+ store to act as consultants and resource people. This is just another indication that Jump+ is truly going to be the next best thing to an actual Apple store.

CdnEh · #**10397** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 5:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by michael_d40

A clip from the job posting link you copied,

Requisition Number 16739387
Job title iPhone Solutions Consultant - part-time
Location Moncton
Country Canada
City Moncton
State New Brunswick
Job type
Job description Overview:
The iPhone Solutions Consultant (ISC) is a part-time Apple employee who oversees the sales, merchandising and operations of Apple solutions in a Reseller’s store.

Looks like it is for Jump+ and not an actual Apple store.

My bad

My hopes for an Apple Store... crushed. I long for the day when I don't have to drop my Mac off at that seemingly useless and powerless "authorized service provider" on Weldon St.

I actually long for the day when I don't have to drive all the way from Saint John for an Apple Service Provider, but, you know, one step at a time, I guess.

MonctonRad · #**10398** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 10:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by CdnEh

My hopes for an Apple Store... crushed. I long for the day when I don't have to drop my Mac off at that seemingly useless and powerless "authorized service provider" on Weldon St.

Jump+ actually looks like a (slightly) downscaled Apple Store. There will be actual Apple employees in the store. The focus is solely on Apple products. There will be in store repair services. This should be a lot better situation than your previous experience with the "authorized service centre".

OUIR@random · #**10399** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 11:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Jump+ actually looks like a (slightly) downscaled Apple Store. There will be actual Apple employees in the store. The focus is solely on Apple products. There will be in store repair services. This should be a lot better situation than your previous experience with the "authorized service centre".

I think we should be careful about saying the this is a mini-Apple store, Apple stores are corporately owned and operated directly from Cupertino, California. Associates there are indeed Apple employees trained by Apple. jump+ is a privately owned Canadian company unrelated to Apple other than they only sell Apple products, therefore a specialized reseller store. Staff there will be Apple experts, but they will absolutely not be "Apple" employees. My take on this matter...

MonctonRad · #**10400** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 2:29 PM**

No question that Jump+ is not an actual Apple Store, but it will be set up in a manner similar to an Apple Store, specializing only in Apple products and services, provide seminars for Apple users and will also provide in store repair services for Apple products.

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The iPhone Solutions Consultant (ISC) is a part-time Apple employee who oversees the sales, merchandising and operations of Apple solutions in a Reseller’s store.

In addition, there will be at least one actual honest to God Apple employee embedded in the store for customer service. If that isn't an indication of a "special relationship" between Jump+ and Apple, then I don't know what is.......