Editor:
Re: Outside In Wraps Up in New West
For the first time in a long time, positive activity was the focus at Hyack Square on six dates. Hyack Square usually sits empty, dingy, dirty and grey and becomes home to some challenges from open drug use to human waste issues. I walk through the downtown area on a daily basis and have seen the challenges, but rarely see anything fun, positive and exciting taking place.
So why do the Hyack Square events need to end? Funding? Staff resources? What would it take to have something continue even on a smaller scale?
Don't get me wrong, I will enjoy large festivals taking place downtown, but these smaller events are also wonderful for the community. I hope that mayor and council will focus some of their time and resources to make this happen, so that Hyack Square and the downtown businesses can benefit from this positive energy and sense of community that the events create in the empty, dingy, dirty and grey square.
Thank you,
David Minoru
