Boomtown? How about we blow it up instead.
Alright, I don’t want to be a pessimist here. But every day I hear that Timmins is “BOOMING” and I’m sick of it. Okay, so the mining industry is doing great with no sign of slowing down. But take a look around this city and it hardly looks like one that’s thriving.
Sure we’ve got development in the west end, but what about the heart of the city with the heart of gold. Take a drive on Algonquin Boulevard and you’ll find countless vacant buildings. The downtown core is also alive with empty storefronts. And all over town you can spot homes and businesses that have been boarded up. How about Schumacher?
In Winnipeg, after spending years of ordering property owners to maintain or repair run-down and vacant properties, the city now plans on seizing them. That’s right, they’ve had enough. They’re seizing a number of derelict buildings, knocking them down and making way for the future. (Read the story here.) Why not do the same in Timmins?
Maybe the “BOOMING” mining industry could lend us some explosives and we could really get this city booming.
October 16th, 2007 at 10:32 am
I guess the city of Timmins only takes over these old abandoned buildings when the owners get too far behind on their taxes? If they keep getting paid, i’m sure they won’t say too much.
I think it would be a good idea to tear down some of the old buildings downtown. It would give us some more parking….