Frazier, Kristen, & Jon are the panel and discuss Windsor grabbing $2mil for surpassing housing targets, a city hall comms shakeup, hospital hack monetary fallout for not paying the ransom, Tecumseh enabling a doubling of housing stock and getting $15mil & Lakeshore allowing fourplexes hoping to get $$$, Windsor pizza named number one in Canada, & Windsor’s geese population NEEDS repercussions.
Windsor
Full house this time as Don, Frazier, Jon, Kristen and Doug discuss changes to rules around supervised consumption sites in Ontario, the the changes will have on SafePoint CTS in Windsor, Ontario municipalities requesting a housing and addictions minister, and Activate Transit Windsor-Essex’s report on their Bus-or-Bust public consultation.
Full house as Jon, Don, Frazier, Kristen and Doug talk about a ray of hope for University Players, a county satisfaction survey about TWEPI and IWE, and MacLeans magazine taking note of Windsor as one of Canada’s best affordable cities.
Frazier, Kristen, Jon and Doug talk about crime in Windsor, the City saying “no thanks” to the next round of federal housing funds, a medical data breach, and of course parking.
Jon, Frazier, Kristen, and Doug talk about the ongoing LCBO strike, a change in the size of the police board, an ask about air conditioning, and a new crime reporting tool in Windsor.
With recent news coverage that Windsor’s downtown has the highest commercial vacancy rate in the country, an expected exodus on well known anchor hospitality institutions, and the recently approved Strengthen The Core downtown revitalization plan, the Rose City Politics panel opines on the state of the downtown core and what it means for Windsor more broadly.
Jon, Frazier and Doug chat about goings-on in the County of Essex: a new transit route for Amherstburg and a pay raise for County Council. Later, we discuss some breaking school board news.
Jon, Frazier, Kristen, and Doug talk about spending cuts at the University of Windsor and the decline of Windsor water fountains.
Don, Jon, Kristen and Doug talk about the increase in tourism, Windsor’s GDP, a rough budget meeting at the school board and the decision around the downtown skating rink.
Jon, Frazier, Kristen and Doug cover the latest in Windsor Arena and Roseland redevelopments, muse a bit about public consultations and discuss the controversy over an interrupted delegation at the GECDSB meeting.
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