Summer 2019

Emiko Board
The Downtown Connection: Property manager
of The Carling and 11East apartment complexes
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What are the best things about Downtown — and
about being in Downtown on a daily basis?
Just being in the middle of so much culture and
diversity. That’s what I love about being Downtown.
There is a real energy all throughout Downtown, and
the good thing is it’s only going to keep building and
building because of all the new development and
activity that’s going on. That’s really exciting. I love
that.
What is the biggest misconception that people
have about Downtown?
People think the traffic is bad Downtown and
that there’s a lot of congestion. But seriously, there’s
rarely ever a big issue with traffic Downtown. It’s not
overwhelming at all, but there are still a lot of people
who are afraid to come Downtown because they fear
there’s going to be a traffic issue. That’s definitely a
misconception.
If you could change one thing about Downtown,
what would it be?
I would really focus on the issue with transients
Downtown, because I do think that’s a problem that
could discourage some people from really being
involved in Downtown. Whether it’s a fair thing or
not, I think some people see the number of transients
we have Downtown and they immediately have a
negative perception — it scares them off from really
exploring Downtown.
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