12-05-2024, 11:21 AM
In my opinion downtown Arena would be a vision that could help revitalize the downtown core, unfortunately I don't think the current political climate would allow us to spend money on something seen as a "luxury" when we have a giant homeless encampment in our core.
I do think the pendulum is swinging back away from the municipal councils goal to end homelessness at all cost. There are so many layers to the issue of homelessness that are actually a provincial/ Federal issues. Relying on property tax payers to solve this was never going to result in zero homeless in our Region. I do still think we need to try to provide shelter space/ housing to those who want/ need help.
I do think the pendulum is swinging back away from the municipal councils goal to end homelessness at all cost. There are so many layers to the issue of homelessness that are actually a provincial/ Federal issues. Relying on property tax payers to solve this was never going to result in zero homeless in our Region. I do still think we need to try to provide shelter space/ housing to those who want/ need help.