Zoning Reform Ideas

[Northern Light]

On Corner Stores (zoning change) and the bizarre fears of some, a good column from Ed Kennan in The Star:

Edward Keenan: Why can’t Toronto have nice things? Ask the people who won’t let neighbourhoods have corner stores

Instead of trying corners stores in neighbourhoods and seeing what happens, councillors have sent the proposal back for more consultation.

www.thestar.com

 

[old boy]

On Corner Stores (zoning change) and the bizarre fears of some, a good column from Ed Kennan in The Star:

Edward Keenan: Why can’t Toronto have nice things? Ask the people who won’t let neighbourhoods have corner stores

Instead of trying corners stores in neighbourhoods and seeing what happens, councillors have sent the proposal back for more consultation.

www.thestar.com

It's sad that the ' what if " syndrome predominates our discussions about change which in many cases is organic like corner stores and the like. These are the very things which make the neighbourhood vibrant. I think mostly we all want this kind of city, yet we constrain ourselves with overthinking the possible negative exigencies. Put another way, we've become expert at shooting ourselves in the foot.