Solving Sparks Street’s woes
Public Works’s short-term leases put pinch on retailers
When anybody looks at an opportunity like Sparks Street to open a new business, their first reaction would be one of hesitation.
— Les Gagne, executive director, Sparks Street Mall Business Improvement Area.
By Mark Brownlee
mbrownlee@obj.ca
TOURISM
Ian Wright doesn’t know what’s going to become of his business’s home on Sparks Street. The co-owner of The Snow Goose Ltd., a store that sells Inuit art, has no guarantee he’ll be operating out of the same space two years down the road.
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