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The COVID-19 pandemic has largely emptied the city’s downtown of office workers and students for over a year, but that doesn’t mean all has been quiet in the core.
Visitors will find a number of new businesses have opened during the pandemic while old favourites have proven stubbornly resilient in surviving to serve the downtown’s residential population.
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“I’m impressed at the confidence in people and the desire to do something new downtown,” said Windsor Downtown Business Improvement Association president Brian Yeomans said.
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For those select residential streets in Windsor that already possess ornamental or historic streetlights, the good news is city council has agreed to pay replacement costs without added expense placed on homeowners.
The bad news is that from now on, any developer wishing to install decorative streetlights instead of the standard municipal style within a new subdivision will be required to pay the added cost with future upkeep also falling to homeowners who move in.
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City of Windsor renews on-street patio program this year to help businesses handle COVID-19 restrictions
Windsor City Council has voted to bring back the parklet program it introduced last year to help restaurants increase their capacity during the COVID-19 restrictions.
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