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Is "Safer" better?
Is “Safer” better?
By Chris | April 22, 2008 | Feedback (4)
Do you remember what you used to get away with as a kid?  I used to walk 10 blocks to the grocery store to buy cigarettes for my mother when I was 8.  When's the last ...
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Deferred!
Deferred!
By Chris | April 21, 2008 | Feedback (8)
As an adendum to the previous Seagrave demolition post, our email and telephone campaign was successful, in conjunction with the bloggers who showed up to the council meeting tonight, in getting the consent ...
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Embracing Shrinkage
Embracing Shrinkage
By Chris | April 21, 2008 | Feedback (2)
Any Seinfeld fans out there? Yes? Well then you know about the physics surrounding the term "shrinkage". It seems that there are quite a few communities out there who are actually embracing ...
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How to Make your Library Great (Reprint)
How to Make your Library Great (Reprint)
By Mark | April 21, 2008 | Feedback (23)
Since the Library board will be before Council tonight, I thought it appropriate to post a blog about them. Since I know little about library matters, I thought I'd find a resource entitled "How to Make Your Library Great" that does. If the following article isn't ...
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Seagrave fiasco slips quietly onto tomorrows agenda (UPDATED)
Seagrave fiasco slips quietly onto tomorrows agenda (UPDATED)
By Chris | April 20, 2008 | Feedback (12)
Well folks, it seems like our illustrious city council and/or administration is hoping that we had forgot about Francis' promise during the last council meeting that the Seagrave Demolition would be on tomorrows agenda. A quick telephone call will tell you that it is, in fact, going to be debated tomorrow, ...
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Sunday morning reading
Sunday morning reading
By Chris | April 20, 2008 | Feedback (8)
Ahh! A beautiful Sunday morning, hot coffee in hand (dark-roast Guatemalan shade-grown, fair trade - mmmm!) and a Wi-Fi connection that reaches out to the front porch.  It just doesn't get any better than this, does it? The city of Guelph, you know that progressive community that joined together to keep Wal-Mart ...
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National Press for Windsor's Woes
National Press for Windsor’s Woes
By Chris | April 19, 2008 | Feedback (10)
As many of you are aware, our little ol' city has been featured across the nation in todays Globe and Mail. Journalist Chris Turner (who you may remember as our keynote speaker from our February website launch) paints a pretty accurate picture of the state of our city and ...
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Scaledown believes and knows W.E. CAN
Scaledown believes and knows W.E. CAN
By Mark | April 19, 2008 | Feedback (5)
In fact, thats the entire reason behind Scaledown, we have always believed that Windsor Essex Can and will make the shift that is required to be a successful mid sized city that is a key part of what Richard Florida calls one of the worlds "Mega-Regions" of ...
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