The Sparks Street Mall authority should focus on attracting business rather than policing booth sizes, say some of the street's business owners.
Kate Horodyski, Centretown News The Haunted Walks kiosk on Sparks Street has been asked to move because it cannot redesign its booth to collapse below sight lines during the day.
Category: Business
Small businesses say city’s new recycling proposal unreasonable
A new push to divert commercial, industrial and institutional waste from landfills will put unequal pressure on small Centretown businesses because they don’t have the space to recycle as much as big polluters.
Sequel for independent video store on Elgin Street
Elgin Street Video Station’s former manager, Ben Varty, re-opened the popular independent film outlet Nov. 2 after purchasing the store following the former owner’s death in early September.
Sarah Hartwick, Centretown News Elgin Street Video Station employees Di Goldberg and Tim McEown, stand outside the video store during its temporary shutdown. The popular film shop recently re-opened.
Chinatown split, businesses charge
Inside the expansive and dark wooded restaurant SooRa Korean Fine Cuisine, Erin Choi sits at one of the empty tables, anxious, perking up at the sound of the door opening.