Downtown’s decade of development fee exemptions might be coming to an end.
Talk of reinstating downtown fees draws mixed reviews
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Month: October 2008
Bank Street businesses wary of recession
Retail stores everywhere are beginning to prepare for their busiest shopping season. But this year the fallout from the global economic crisis has area stores bracing for potentially slower sales, according to local business managers.
Jake Williams, Centretown News Bill Thompson, owner of Don Thompson Jewellers at 340 Albert St., says the recession has definitely taken a toll on his business.
Viewpoint: OC Transpo should look to businesses to solve stroller woes
Chances are you’ve encountered them somewhere. Maybe they blocked the door to the coffee shop. Perhaps you had to squeeze by them to get a seat on the bus, or maybe they ran you off the sidewalk on Bank Street.
Lansdowne proposal deemed ‘unrealistic’
A Lansdowne Park revitalization plan unveiled by four local businessmen is “hypothetical”, according to the chair of the Glebe BIA. 
Courtesy Lansdowne Live A rendering of the proposed promenade at Lansdowne park, part of the Lansdowne Live plan.