Hamilton Canada's Next Great City

[LikeHamilton]

Bold Millennials Are Making Hamilton Canada's Next Great City

Posted: 11/11/2016

Marcello Cabezas
Culture & Experience Producer, Artrepreneur, and Policy Consultant

The Huffington Post

As we have seen in recent days, movements can change the world. Sometimes for good and sometimes, well, who knows.

This writer is known to be one of the fiercest champions of a city we know as Toronto. So why is another city holding our gaze?


Well, the current movement and its people who have created it make it impossible to look away.

We returned to the city of Hamilton various times after we called it Canada's Brooklyn in 2015 and the Internet blew up.

So, why did we go back? Well, many reasons, but frankly we wanted to make sure we were not being punked. That collective spirit we saw, was it still there?

What we found last year was a city where you are told that, "you can do anything in Hamilton." Upon our return, we were hit like a tsunami by a movement we can coin right here as "Hamilievers."

More of the article

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/marcell..._12899110.html

[BaconPoutine]

I think most of us love out city and are pleased with a lot of the positive changes that are happening, but let's not stick our heads up our own asses just yet...

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by BaconPoutine

I think most of us love out city and are pleased with a lot of the positive changes that are happening, but let's not stick our heads up our own asses just yet...

I view the shift as cause for pulling them out after all these years.

Appreciate the sentiment of the article, and while I'd have titled it differently it's definitely positive to see Hamilton finally progressing and starting to fulfill long dormant potential, and great that people are noticing. There are hurdles to come, and probably some setbacks too, but even a slow and steady evolution is worth some attention and celebration.

[Beedok]

I just want the Hammer to keep pace with QC and the Peg.

[ScreamingViking]

Agree with that. Good things are happening in a number of other SW Ontario cities too: KW, London, Windsor is turning around... stronger mid-size and smaller cities overall is a good thing for the province.

[thistleclub]

"So, why did we go back?"

Because HamiltonEcDev offered an all-expenses paid junket?

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Originally Posted by Beedok

I just want the Hammer to keep pace with QC and the Peg.

Keep pace in what way?

[durandy]

Originally Posted by thistleclub

"So, why did we go back?"

Because HamiltonEcDev offered an all-expenses paid junket?

because content mill?