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Chinatown

IanO said:
That's fucked.

It's almost as if you put most service providers, injection sites and basically turn your back on a neighbourhood and expect something different to happen.

I feel horrible for those business owners, property owners and community.
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Safety stability is first priority - no businesses there will expand or attract other businesses without people being safe. IanO you have field of dreams thinking - build it and people will come and make it secure. Yet business owners there want security NOW to just survive.
 
You are missing the foundational point of this article and need.

This part of Edmonton has been neglected for years, been dealt cards they should not have and have had to absorb the vast majority of Edmonton's core social, addiction and mental health issues.

We certainly need to find ways to help those in need and get them out of their situations, but the entirety of this article speaks to how bad things have become BECAUSE of what has been downloaded to the area, its residents, businesses and property owners.

Its disgraceful and while this funding will help, my point is that this funding should never have been required in the first place and continues to erode the actual mandate and investments in the area to support business growth, foot traffic and beautification of the area.

Instead monies continue to be thrown away because of other past decisions and lack of action; that's really sad.
 
IanO said:
You are missing the foundational point of this article and need.

This part of Edmonton has been neglected for years, been dealt cards they should not have and have had to absorb the vast majority of Edmonton's core social, addiction and mental health issues.

We certainly need to find ways to help those in need and get them out of their situations, but the entirety of this article speaks to how bad things have become BECAUSE of what has been downloaded to the area, its residents, businesses and property owners.

Its disgraceful and while this funding will help, my point is that this funding should never have been required in the first place and continues to erode the actual mandate and investments in the area to support business growth, foot traffic and beautification of the area.

Instead monies continue to be thrown away because of other past decisions and lack of action; that's really sad.
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Focusing most of the City's social agencies in Boyle-McCauley/Chinatown is not good for anyone and hopefully they can be somewhat decentralized, but if anyone thinks Hope Mission will just pack their bags and move out of their brand new-ish building are kidding themselves.

The goal is to get more visitors and new residents to Chinatown to ensure that the only people walking around the neighbourhood are no longer just patrons of the aforementioned social agencies. Eyes on the street and all of that, etc. etc. And this is coming from someone that visits Chinatown at least once a week, maybe more, as we get most of our groceries from Lucky 97, 99 Supermarket and Italian Centre.
 
97 Street has become better, but 106Ave and the businesses around there, let alone half a block north are absolutely insane.

We used to go there multiple times a week, but my girlfriend (who is of Chinese decent) is simply not comfortable there and added security is not going to really change that to be honest.

We go most times when we return to the city, but rarely stroll or explore like we used to.
 
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News Release - City of Edmonton announces new funding to enhance economic development and increase vibrancy in Chinatown

City of Edmonton announces new funding to enhance economic development and increase vibrancy in Chinatown April 9, 2024 The City of Edmonton’s new Chinatown Vibrancy Fund is now open for applications
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Chinatown is seeming to be much more active lately. It looks as if the entire strip on the west side of 98 Street might actually be occupied, and many previously empty spaces on 97 street seem to either have new occupants or are in the process of receiving new occupants. Not all of these are particularly exciting (eg law and accounting offices), but at least they're putting something into keeping up the space.

Also, I'm not sure how 98 street between 106 and 107 Aves will work at location for a sports bar (next door to Van Loc), but hey good luck to them.

One interesting thing is that someone is putting a lot of effort into a new cocktail and coffee place in the Pacific Rim Mall that they're calling "Boa and Hare", slated to open this summer.
 
Coprolite said:
Chinatown is seeming to be much more active lately. It looks as if the entire strip on the west side of 98 Street might actually be occupied, and many previously empty spaces on 97 street seem to either have new occupants or are in the process of receiving new occupants. Not all of these are particularly exciting (eg law and accounting offices), but at least they're putting something into keeping up the space.

Also, I'm not sure how 98 street between 106 and 107 Aves will work at location for a sports bar (next door to Van Loc), but hey good luck to them.

One interesting thing is that someone is putting a lot of effort into a new cocktail and coffee place in the Pacific Rim Mall that they're calling "Boa and Hare", slated to open this summer.
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Boa and Hare are the Van Loc guys, William and Wilson, can't wait for it to open. Those guys are doing so much for Chinatown, from being young business owners to amazing advocates for the area. We need 100 more of them!
 
Chinatown Edmonton benefitting from Vancouver spillover where business and cost-of-living is in tough?
 
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