3,628 residents call Downtown Red Deer, home.

Downtown is strongly represented by advocates like our Mayor and the majority of city councillors. I have had communications with a few them  on separate issues and somehow the Downtown gets brought into the conversations.

I just want to know how many business owners live downtown? How many managers, workers, landlords live downtown? How many businesses buy their supplies downtown? If I shop downtown, how much of my money stays downtown?

Not very much.

So, why do they get so much time, budget, and services?

Nearly 10 times this population lives north of the river. Who advocates for them? Who is a strong representative for the 30% + residents who live north of the river.

30,000 plus people live, eat, and pay taxes north of the river yet often get the short end of the stick. No high school but there will be 6 high schools south of the river, 5 of them along 30 ave. for example.

Why does every project not wanted anywhere else gets developed north of the river? It is looking likely that the homeless shelter will be built north of the river. I asked about this and guess what, downtown was brought up.

Some of the same people who said we needed the aquatic centre downtown, (later to be slotted for 30 ave, up the road from the Collicutt Ctr.) because there was no room for a pool north of the river, now say we have room north of the river to build a homeless shelter.

I asked and I am asking; with the majority of our civic politicians scrambling to appease the downtown, who, on council,  will seriously advocate for the nearly 1/3 of our residents, living north of the river? Anyone?

Please someone.