The Beat Spring 2020 Volume 5, Issue1

COUNCILLOR’S CORNER:
Matt Luloff
The 174 Economic Corridor Study
Over the past year, my team
and I have been hard at work,
in collaboration with my East End
colleagues, setting the conditions
to maximise the economic
opportunities in Orléans, being
brought to our community by Stage
2 Light Rail. This time last year, I
commissioned the 174 Economic
Corridor Study, expanding on the
upcoming Secondary Plan refresh
for Place d’Orléans. I want to make
sure that our community and our
local businesses get the most out of
this multi-billion-dollar investment.
We must attract more employment
to the East End. As we have said for
years, we have not seen the kind of
employment growth in the East that
we have seen in the West. This has
led to congestion, frustration and
a lack of private investment in our
community. Great restaurants and
storefronts cannot survive on one
sitting a day and we owe it to our
tenacious entrepreneurs to foster
a daytime economy. The LRT, the
Corridor Study and the renewal
of the Community Improvement
Plan means that we have done the
necessary work to heat the iron, and
now is the time to strike.
The Community Improvement
Plan will encourage refreshing our
main street, replacing tired strip
malls with mixed-use buildings of
commercial and residential space,
encourage affordable rentals and
give economic incentives to build
employment spaces near the LRT
stations. New investments will
generate the funds to beautify St.
Joseph Blvd. and ensure that we
are encouraging safe transportation
infrastructure for all road users.
The 174 Economic Corridor Study
and Community Improvement
Plans need your input. The first
public engagement session is on
March 4th, 2020, at 6:30PM at the
Shenkman Arts Centre. You can visit
my website (matthewluloff.ca) or
Facebook page for more information
about providing your comments
and ideas. Your feedback is very
valuable to me, so please participate
if you can!
This month, my local music pick
is @cbcotttraffic’s own Doug
Hempstead’s band, Area Resident
and their new album Viscount.
He worked on the album with my
old friend Jordan Zadorozny, who
produced my band Hearts&Mines
and records under the name Blinker
the Star. It’s a good old-fashioned
rock album, and I think you’ll like it!
Matthew Luloff
City Councillor, Orléans Ward
Deputy Mayor
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