She’d also like to see retail stores that support the residential base come to downtown.“My dream is to see an urban Canadian Tire or Home Depot, and more of those stores where you can actually have a complete community downtown where everything is walkable,” she said.
She said now that a grocery store opened downtown in November, the neighbourhood is one step closer to being truly walkable.But she said there’s still work to do. “Our biggest challenges facing our downtown are society’s biggest, most unsolvable problems right now,” said McBryan.Downtown Edmonton issues and the municipal budgetStory continues below advertisement
“I’ve had the privilege of visiting a few other cities over the last year and connecting with my counterparts from downtown associations all over North America. We’re not alone in the issues that we’re facing,” she said.She said she’ll always advocate on the issues of homelessness, addiction, crime and mental health, but also focus on what the DBA can control.
“We’re really here to be the chief optimist for our downtown, and put on great events and market all the great businesses that we have.”
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