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1/ What they don't talk about when they start praising the #yeg #RogersPlace project is this: how it stalled projects in east downtown and contributed to the crises we have now. How the smart development plans were suddenly too expensive because landowners saw their chance to
2/ manifest a gold mine from their gravel surface parking lots. How all the air got sucked out of The Quarters and the Boyle Renaissance and how that benefited some folks, but not the locals so much. How university students saw parking rate hours extended and spaces reduced,
3/ adding more expenses to their education. But we don't talk about the thousands of people who pay extra over and over for an arena they can rarely afford to attend.
Or the community garden that was plowed over with a promise of replacement - but once the arena was announced,
Or the community garden that was plowed over with a promise of replacement - but once the arena was announced,
