Another fire this week and even more broken windows spotted… I’m never gonna be able to afford the insurance cost of operating a business downtown.
Insurance policies are becoming more difficult to obtain and I would love to move Nest & Sprout into the DOWNTOWN and be in a walkable community, but I’m starting to give up on help because I know I’ll never be able to afford the insurance policy
We can dream big about Prince George but the longer we delay the harder it’s gonna get
100% agree. Clearing the path for local businesses to move/stay downtown is about developing the area into a walkable/attractive destination but also just about dollars and cents for space (lease, insurance, fees, etc). Both things need to happen at the same time.
My thing with the parking is the current old pool/parking lot is as is not enough to sustain the events the civic centre puts on. This is a conference centre that hosts thousands of people, and as recently as the BC natural resource forum, cars are overflowing in both the library and old pool spots. Countless cars have to park illegally or clog up other businesses lots (the azure lot for example). We are starting in a negative parking situation and then adding increased strain via arts centre (presumably needs a lot), residential (people in pg tend to have cars), and the conference centre. And the art gallery. And now tourism pg. All these centres will need additional parking on top of what will need to be replaced if they follow plan 2. I'm all for decreasing car use, but the cities second biggest conference centre is not the place to cut parking, and it feels like the city isn't actually understanding how bad it will be if they don't figure out a solution
100%. I think step #1 is get the public on board and any PG resident who looks at this is going to flag parking. I was pretty surprised to not see any mention of underground parking or anything on the little plan diagram because it would 100% have to be costed into the final and building any underground parkade system is huuuuge $$$$$.
Very aggressive thought here but Option 2, close Dominion altogether from Patricia to 7th Ave and move the Spruce Kings (unfortunately) for a while and build a giant underground parking where they okay now. Wild right!!
Can we please get an Imax. For the love of gawd.
You trying to tell me you don't love our Famous Players!?!?!? /s
Love..... Is such a strong word. I think smells like fart, always sticky, ancient seating. Those are more accurate
Another fire this week and even more broken windows spotted… I’m never gonna be able to afford the insurance cost of operating a business downtown.
Insurance policies are becoming more difficult to obtain and I would love to move Nest & Sprout into the DOWNTOWN and be in a walkable community, but I’m starting to give up on help because I know I’ll never be able to afford the insurance policy
We can dream big about Prince George but the longer we delay the harder it’s gonna get
100% agree. Clearing the path for local businesses to move/stay downtown is about developing the area into a walkable/attractive destination but also just about dollars and cents for space (lease, insurance, fees, etc). Both things need to happen at the same time.
My thing with the parking is the current old pool/parking lot is as is not enough to sustain the events the civic centre puts on. This is a conference centre that hosts thousands of people, and as recently as the BC natural resource forum, cars are overflowing in both the library and old pool spots. Countless cars have to park illegally or clog up other businesses lots (the azure lot for example). We are starting in a negative parking situation and then adding increased strain via arts centre (presumably needs a lot), residential (people in pg tend to have cars), and the conference centre. And the art gallery. And now tourism pg. All these centres will need additional parking on top of what will need to be replaced if they follow plan 2. I'm all for decreasing car use, but the cities second biggest conference centre is not the place to cut parking, and it feels like the city isn't actually understanding how bad it will be if they don't figure out a solution
100%. I think step #1 is get the public on board and any PG resident who looks at this is going to flag parking. I was pretty surprised to not see any mention of underground parking or anything on the little plan diagram because it would 100% have to be costed into the final and building any underground parkade system is huuuuge $$$$$.
Yes, these plans will have 100’s of vehicles looking to park during events. And will be even worse when multiple events are happening at once.
I hope they just do one of the options. It would only help downtown
Very aggressive thought here but Option 2, close Dominion altogether from Patricia to 7th Ave and move the Spruce Kings (unfortunately) for a while and build a giant underground parking where they okay now. Wild right!!