On The Edge
There's a lot happening in downtown Oshawa. A new courthouse is on tap, an historic theatre is under renovation, and 300 university students are on the way.
New businesses are opening but many vacant storefronts remain. A new hotel is in the works, but at the core the long vacant Genosha stands empty and in disrepair.
Controversy swirls around crime, methadone, support services and their clients...but what's perception and what's reality?
Downtown Oshawa is On The Edge....but of what?
[The (courthouse) project is still on schedule, it will be completed by late 2009]
[To clean up a contaminated site for $410,000 and get a $45-million project back is amazing]
[You add all these things like the General Motors Centre, the courthouse, the new hotel and they all bolster each other]
[A fresh coat of paint and a little TLC goes a long way to build pride in a community but there's not enough of that happening right now]
[In the short term, parking is not going to be an issue for us]
[To clean up a contaminated site for $410,000 and get a $45-million project back is amazing]
[You add all these things like the General Motors Centre, the courthouse, the new hotel and they all bolster each other]
[A fresh coat of paint and a little TLC goes a long way to build pride in a community but there's not enough of that happening right now]
[In the short term, parking is not going to be an issue for us]
Part 1 - NEW DOWNTOWN