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Interesting fact. 43% of Calgary's tax base is derived in the Centre City (boundary defined as 14th street in the west, elbow river in the east, 17th Avenue in the south and the bow river in the north).

Not a specific comment on the peace bridge, but it's important that we take care of this goose that lays the financial golden egg. That means reinvesting in the public realm to make it a safe and attractive place for employees, visitors and very importantly - residents. We've done a relatively good job in our parks, but now more attention needs to go into the other major public space, which is our streets. Making them more attractive and functional for pedestrians, cyclists and transit users - not just for the uniform function of getting people in and out via there car as fast as humanly possible.

Attracting more development and people living in the core area of the city and filling in those big gaps in the urban environment (expansive parking lots) I think are key elements to improving our competitiveness and liveability. Improving the public realm and street infrastructure is an important catalyst to that (look at what the new public realm infrastructure is doing for East Village).