Entrepreneurs Weigh The Need To Protect Their Customer Base Against The Value Of social Housing And Addiction Recovery Initiatives

Changing neighbourhood demographics can harm a business as much as shoddy customer service or technological change.

Business owners near 16th Avenue and Dunbar Street are therefore concerned about their neighbourhood's evolution as nearby residents ratchet up a lobbying campaign to head off any chance that city councillors will approve a plan to build social housing for drug addicts on city-owned land between 3588 and 3596 Dunbar Street.

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