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MAYORAL CANDIDATES SPEAK ABOUT DOWNTOWN WINNIPEG:

This is one I definitely won't be attending, but some may have an interest in such things so I reproduce it here. No doubt it will be a great forum for the various and vaporous candidates for Mayor to promise endless wondrous improvements. One should never forget, however, that the present state of downtown Winnipeg is the result of decades of such great "improvement" schemes. Insofar as Winnipeg has "vibrant neighbourhoods" (and yes there are some ) such things have not been the result of political gifts.

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Mayoral Candidate Forum on Downtown
Time Thursday, October 7 · 5:30pm - 7:30pm

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Location Manitoba Hydro Place, Atrium
360 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB

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Created By Downtown Winnipeg BIZ

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More Info http://www.downtownwinnipegbiz.com/home/events/mayoral_forum/

Thursday, October 7, 2010
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Manitoba Hydro Place
Atrium, 360 Portage Avenue

Come hear the Mayoral candidates discuss their positions on a variety of downtown issues, under the scrutiny of moderators Richard Cloutier and Dan Lett.

Topics include:
Let’s talk downtown safety: what will work?
Events are awesome, but street closures are pricey—will the city support event street closures like it used to?
Fix up downtown infrastructure—show us the money for sidewalks, streets, garbage cans and more!
To bus or not to bus: what about rapid transit?

Moderated by: Richard Cloutier, CJOB
Dan Lett, Winnipeg Free Press

Coffee provided.

Presented by:
Downtown Winnipeg BIZ
Exchange District BIZ
the Institute of Urban Studies

Produced by:
The Winnipeg Free Press
CJOB

Partners:
The Winnipeg Real Estate Board
The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce