We are all now familiar with the consultant's report to the PAC (Planning Advisory Committee).  That report says the Windsor region is already overbuilt as far as retail/commercial locations are concerned and that we should not change zoning to accommodate more retail/commercial and ...

http://www.windsorstar.com/LaSalle+argue+market+competition+fight/1929073/story.html Question, if competition cannot be used as a criteria, then how do we protect our Mainstreets? "Francis said municipal planners should not decide who competes with whom." Why not? If we have 7 BIA's, if we have the highest commercial vacancy rate in Canada, why ...

I don't know whether this spotlight we're shining on unshovelled sidewalks gets the credit, but we are seeing some effort on behalf of the caretakers highlighted before in cleaning their sidewalks. Dr. Ghilzon and WFCU on Dougall Avenue have cleared their walks and Majority Control informs me that the sidewalks ...

Why do we let buildings fall like casualties to the wrecker’s ball?  Why do we ignore the streets we live on and scoff at what is old and grey with the dust of a thousand ...

Apparantly last night Thom Hunt said that I misinterpreted the Q&A contained in PAC 1. Thet there was never any recommendation to limit the building of new commercial space. I think you should read the PAC 1 Q&A as I maintain and hope I did not misinterpret it. (IF I did, ...

Today, I had to go it alone. Well, sort of anyways. Mark sounded worse than I've ever heard him when I talked to him yesterday, so it was in everybodys best interest that he ...

Food...Water...Shelter these should be foremost in our minds.  Where did your family go for groceries when you were a kid?  For the longest time we were a "Dominion" household.  Thursday evening's Mom, Dad and I loaded up and went to the Dominion store at Walker and Tecumseh Roads.  I can remember ...

Ahh! Where would we be in this city if it wasn't for our friends? This post is brought to you compliments of Paul and Leesa. Enjoy Urban sprawl only benefits builders ADAM SHOALTS Country fields stretched as far as the eye could see, punctuated here and there by thick stands of deciduous ...