[wormwood]

There's a rather large tent/encampment on 103st south of 100ave with an absolute TON of garage spilling over and down the hillside. Unsure how bylaw or Peace Officers dont deal with this, especially given that its next to a daycare and the ECF.

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Report it. 311 is a great service.

 

[Avenuer]

Report it. 311 is a great service.

This, report report report. Squeaky wheel

 

[Kosy123]

The decline started in 2009 - but I have no idea what triggered it.

Edit: Pulled an article from this period. DT prices are almost unchanged. Maybe the 2008 crisis hit and things never caught their stride afterward?

It's been a while but I remember the downtown action plan released by the DBA attributing the massive drop with the closure of Blatchford airport.

 

[David A]

It's been a while but I remember the downtown action plan released by the DBA attributing the massive drop with the closure of Blatchford airport.

I don't think so, actually several taller buildings (more residential but also some commercial) were built downtown around that time and after that.

 

[IanO]

 

[wormwood]

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This makes me nervous

 

[kcantor]

It's been a while but I remember the downtown action plan released by the DBA attributing the massive drop with the closure of Blatchford airport.

I don’t recall anything of the sort and fail to see any correlation as opposed to coincidence between the two.

My own guess would be falling occupancy rates and falling rents in the downtown office and retail markets had a direct correlation to falling values and assessments and tax rates. This was exacerbated by the Province’s cutting back their leased spaces and their lowering their tax in lieu payments to the city.

Along with that, you had increasing suburban development in all sectors including residential and a strong industrial market that saw rising rents and corresponding increases in taxes.

The combination contributed to a decline in the proportion of taxes the city receives from downtown.

I’m also not sure how the incremental taxes the city receives from the CRL that have been precommitted to paying off CRL debt instead of flowing to general revenue are treated when the city calculates downtown tax revenue.