Family Fun City

We won't be Sin City any longer. And it is not because in Windsor one cannot have music and dancing together

I just heard the Mayor say on AM 800 this morning that one of the big items at the City's strategic session tonight is to develop a family destination: a family park where families and children can go to spend the time together eg Storybook gardens. (The other big item is keeping streets clean and attractive. So much for the border!).

Why it would not surprise me if he wants to have a brownfields redevelopment at the Zalev site and have that become a prime example of turning something horrible into a family area that will make Windsor a world-class destination City...like Sam's new road to the border.

Is this another new business that the City will run too--like the East End arena and the Tunnel?

Well I have a better idea for him and for Windsorites too. One that Eddie is very familiar with since it has been presented to him already. It is one that revitalizes a part of the City that needs help as it has been promised the moon but has received nothing so far, no arena, no urban village. The only actual success in that part of the City, in Ward 2, is a new Tim Hortons it seems.

How about this:

• Completion of a magnificent community park from the river to the international gardens near University: the Gateway public park
  
• The building of a huge amphithatre for plays and music just like in Liplock Sam's NYC, the Delacorte Theater, an open-air theatre located in Manhattan's Central Park
  
• A location for the Chimczuk Cultural Centre and Historical Museum
  
• A location for the City archives
  
• The new home for the Spirit of Windsor Engine 5588
  
• Home for a new Science And Tech centre
  
• Home for a Planetarium
  
• Home for an Aquarium
  
• Family Fun Centre and restaurant
  
• A new home for former bank facade at the corner of Ouellette Avenue and Riverside which now is in storage

Do you know where the ideal location for this massive redevelopment is: at the Junction on University Avenue, right beside the Gateway Park!

That's right, the place where nothing can be done! Even Brian Masse and his neighbours could not be upset as their homes sky-rocketed in value!

I'll tell you more about how it can be paid for without a big expense to taxpayers tomorrow!