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All of that helps, but the reality is that we need 10k on top of that and a much improved daytime office population for any real movement, let alone the overall experience that current businesses are facing; it's going to be awhile.
 
Edmonton Business Census results came out. I was curious about the downtown numbers and it's not too shabby.

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89,000 recorded employees in the downtown municipal boundaries.
 
Kosy123 said:
Edmonton Business Census results came out. I was curious about the downtown numbers and it's not too shabby.

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89,000 recorded employees in the downtown municipal boundaries.
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That is a good number to see, but I also wonder how many of those are people working from home but technically reported as downtown just because their "base" is there.
 
ChazYEG said:
That is a good number to see, but I also wonder how many of those are people working from home but technically reported as downtown just because their "base" is there.
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Possibly? Anecdotal evidence for me is that downtown is far busier now in the daytime, but obviously not a statistic. I still think it makes for good publicity to have almost 90,000 employees "recorded" downtown for marketing and attracting residents and businesses, especially once we get past the 100k mark.
 
Kosy123 said:
Possibly? Anecdotal evidence for me is that downtown is far busier now in the daytime, but obviously not a statistic. I still think it makes for good publicity to have almost 90,000 employees "recorded" downtown for marketing and attracting residents and businesses, especially once we get past the 100k mark.
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I also feel it is busier during the day than a year or two ago, so these solid numbers do support the anecdotal. Weekends and evenings still seem to be quite hit and miss, depending if there is a big event on or not, so I am thinking most of these employees are those working Monday to Friday, office hours.

Yes, this is good news, but it would be interesting to compare this to pre COVID numbers to see how close we are back to that.
 
That stat is wild! On the one hand I get why Edmonton might spend more on retail consumption, given larger disposable incomes and the variety of retail offerings available. On the other hand, surprised to see us so much higher than other cities and still have fewer urban retail options. Spoiled for choice, but in the wrong places.
 
Romanov said:
That stat is wild! On the one hand I get why Edmonton might spend more on retail consumption, given larger disposable incomes and the variety of retail offerings available. On the other hand, surprised to see us so much higher than other cities and still have fewer urban retail options. Spoiled for choice, but in the wrong places.
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In the wrong places? You can't force businesses and shoppers to go somewhere they dont want to be. WEM is a huge economic engine which provides retail options for Edmontonians and visitors alike. On any given day it welcomes many visitors to our City, and those visiting spend lots of money. The non Downtown portion of our population, has larger family units, drives retail spending.
 
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