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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...usinesses.html
""When we started looking at various locations throughout Edmonton, we were being sort of pushed over to the suburbs, if you will, or some of the outlying areas," he said.
"And I felt that it was important, at least with our first location in Edmonton, to be downtown, where the action is."
A hair training academy, salon and a blow-dry bar — a place that only washes, dries and styles customers' hair — will join De Dutch in the Cambridge Building.
Tony Ricci, who runs salons in downtown Edmonton and St. Albert, plans to open the new spots in April.
"I love downtown. I love the buzz that goes on," Ricci said. "I've been there 15 years and you can really feel the difference and it's changing."
Remedy Cafe, a restaurant known for its chai tea, will open its second Edmonton location early next month on the southeast corner of 103rd Street and Jasper Avenue.
Owner Zee Zaidi plans to stay open until 1 a.m. He doesn't believe people who tell him downtown is dead after 5 p.m
"If you open your door, you have customers," he said.'