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ANGUS HENDERSON year,” he said. developments it would like to see in
ahenderson@medicinehatnews.com
Thompson is also looking forward to
2008, but has temporarily put it aside
some new developments, including
until the area redevelopment plan
The past year will go down as one of the commercial building which just
(ARP) has been completed.
the most successful in the history of broke ground on the former Walton Webb said the catalyst for the
the City Centre Development Agency Block site on South Railway Street. development of an ARP was — at least
(CCDA) and despite the present
“That’s a real positive and a good
in part — a response to the CCDA’s
economic downturn, there’s optimism
start to 2009 and we’re (the city) still
wish list.
this year will be another banner one.
negotiating for a development on “It (the ARP) is really exciting
“It was a great year and what stands the old Granville site (also known for many reasons,” he explained.
out for me in 2008 was that we were as the Cottonwood Parking Lot on “One being the division of the
able to fill vacant buildings with Sixth Avenue S.E.),” he continued. downtown into individual zones
exciting businesses,” says CCDA “Hopefully, the ground will be broken such as entertainment and residential
executive director George Webb. there this year.” districts.”
“We were able to resurrect events Webb is also proud of the fact that the He’s also excited about the fact that
and put new life into our traditional CCDA was able to unify the voices of the CCDA has a budget this year to
events such as the Chili Cook-Off and the stakeholders and that the people do a hotel feasibility study for the
Midnight Madness, and we brought downtown were able to begin to speak downtown.
back Spectrum, which hadn’t been with one voice.
“We’re serious about it and we’re
downtown for a long
“We have one voice now and it’s great,” working on it right now,” Webb
time.”
CCDA working to
he said. “We’re now being taken stressed.
CCDA board member seriously.”
The one major uncertainty this year,
Ald. Jeremy Thompson
For 2009, Webb wants to build on the he explained, is what kind of impact
was also exuberant about
organization’s strengths. the economic downturn is going to
the events held and the
bring downtown
huge crowds that turned
He, too, is pleased about all the buzz
have on the downtown.
out for them.
regarding new developments, such as a “I just don’t know what the 2009
new Dell Rossi Men’s Wear downtown economy is going to be like,” he
“The purchase of the
on Third Street S.E. continued. “But right now, the
Monarch Theatre was
back to life
a huge step forward on
“I also love the fact that renovations
parking spaces are filled and there
the development side
are taking place in so many buildings,
are people walking the downtown
and hopefully we can
particularly in a number of the
streets carrying packages they’ve
continue to resurrect
existing character buildings.”
bought from downtown. Thankfully,
Medicine Hat tends to be less affected
the Monarch and have
The CCDA had identified what
negatively than other communities in
it open sometime this
kinds of businesses and residential
tough economic times.”
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