The Quarters

[Aaron_Lloyd]

This is not the sort of development The Quarters needs. Concentrating poverty in this one area is the exact opposite of vibrancy. Genuinely disappointed in anyone actually boosting this as a good thing and not recognizing it for the massive step backwards it represents.

 

[YEG imagineer]

^The only positive is if WEAC vacated the Flat Iron and it could get returned to regular apartments with CRUs on the ground floor. I agree we should avoid keeping the concentration of social services high in the area.

 

[Munanyo]

I still wish the city had an ambitious plan and vision for The Quarters. Calgary's East Village has come a long way, why can't The Quarters? I completely understand Edmonton is not a big enough city to support multiple entertainment type districts, however this could very well be an ambitious city changing project centred around pedestrian usage and really rejuvenate what I still consider as being a part of downtown.

 

[SarcasticMarmot]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/proposed-affordable-housing-development-for-the-quarters-gives-neighbours-hopes-of-vibrancy-1.7366855

Some more information RE the E4C project... and some delusion.

I actually wonder if the journalist has conflated the shelter beds and WEAC. 50 shelter beds and 17 transitional beds is pretty close to the existing role of WEAC. I wonder if the new building is just moving services of WEAC. Building a new building does nothing to change operational funding so they may just be relocating. So it may not be a new concentration at all. I can ask around but I don't know for sure.

 

[David A]

This is not the sort of development The Quarters needs. Concentrating poverty in this one area is the exact opposite of vibrancy. Genuinely disappointed in anyone actually boosting this as a good thing and not recognizing it for the massive step backwards it represents.

There is no vibrancy now, so the first step is to increase the number of people living in this area however possible and then fine tune it. It is not the most desirable area, so I would think the realistic target would be low to moderate income housing initially.