Comments on: Can Accordion City be an Alpha City? http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/01/25/can-accordion-city-be-an-alpha-city/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:19:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 By: False Positives http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/01/25/can-accordion-city-be-an-alpha-city/comment-page-1/#comment-8710 False Positives Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:28:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/01/25/can-accordion-city-be-an-alpha-city/#comment-8710 <strong>Toronto : Fast & Creative...</strong> Toronto makes the list as one of Fast Company’s “The 30 Fastest Cities” as a Global Village. (Vancouver also made the list as a Livable and Green Leader) And via the Globe and Mail comes news that Richard Florida, economist and author... Toronto : Fast & Creative…

Toronto makes the list as one of Fast Company’s “The 30 Fastest Cities” as a Global Village. (Vancouver also made the list as a Livable and Green Leader)
And via the Globe and Mail comes news that Richard Florida, economist and author…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/01/25/can-accordion-city-be-an-alpha-city/comment-page-1/#comment-8709 Anonymous Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:47:18 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/01/25/can-accordion-city-be-an-alpha-city/#comment-8709 Pure dreaming -- will never happen in this city under the current administration. When you talk about P3 (public-private partnerships) projects, people in this city think about: - Highway 407 - Pearson airport redevelopment - Health care (Toronto Hospital, William H. Osler P3 projects, etc) - Small-town water purification projects In other words, all stuff associated with evil conservative mojo. Of course, your effort doesn't fall into one of these land-mine areas, but I am highly skeptical of this particular city council's desire to get involved in more P3 initiatives. Pure dreaming — will never happen in this city under the current administration.

When you talk about P3 (public-private partnerships) projects, people in this city think about:

- Highway 407

- Pearson airport redevelopment

- Health care (Toronto Hospital, William H. Osler P3 projects, etc)

- Small-town water purification projects

In other words, all stuff associated with evil conservative mojo. Of course, your effort doesn’t fall into one of these land-mine areas, but I am highly skeptical of this particular city council’s desire to get involved in more P3 initiatives.

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