ByWard Market retailers, residents want City of Ottawa to address safety, revitalization concerns

A group of "concerned retailers and residents of the ByWard Market" released a letter outlining their "ongoing concerns and need to get to the root of the problems" in the ByWard Market. They say they have met as a group and asked Sutcliffe to meet with them, but he refused, according to the letter dated Wednesday.

Bring back fruit, vegetable and flower merchants to the Byward Market to give people a reason to visit. The group notes "all sorts of restrictions in the past resulted in the merchants leaving the Byward market and relocating."Address the community issues by having officers patrolling the market. "Planning can occur at the social services agencies directly. No need to pay for such high rent at the Rideau Centre," reads the release.Renovate the area and make it more appealing.

The group is also asking the city to adjust the Bylaw that have taken an aggressive approach on issuing parking tickets, while disregarding other concerns, including noise, drugs and harassment towards visitors.The retailers and residents add that there has been no progress in the last year to revitalize the market.

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