I’d like to see the retail buildings that are already existing in Wetaskiwin get a much needed paint job. More then half the retail businesses in this town look like they haven’t been updated since they were built back in who knows how long. They look run down and uncared for and that is contributing to them not getting any business. … A can of paint does not cost that much and it does go a long way, and if these business owners fixed up their stores (Extremely low costs, just a coat of paint and maybe replacing a door here and there) Then they would get much more business and also it wouldn’t deter other business owners from opening shops in Wetaskiwin, because believe it or not no new business owner would want to open up a business here if every other business looks like it’s on the brink of being borded up and shut down.
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4 comments
Jackle says:
Jun 11, 2009
No kidding! I think that the lack of care these owners put into their stores is disgraceful. This is really something that bothers me a great deal here in Wetaskiwin. Things left without care, old signs still hanging around the city that should be taken down, buildings all old and not tidy. Last year I was about to start a business in Wetaskiwin but I decided not to because of this reason and others, if this changed and other things like this I might reconsider, but it's things like this that are stopping people, like me for an example.
Mike J says:
Jul 7, 2009
I would consider that a cop out. Not opening a business because something looks dirty? Chances are the person who would lease the property to you would make improvements to the property if there was some revenue generated from the property.
Tax incentives would have to be given to the property owners on mainstreet for something like this to happen with a high vacancy rate to offset the expenses w/o raising rent.
ashenman says:
Jun 12, 2009
Interesting. I was just in Cairo a few months ago, and every morning the store owners would sweep in front of their shops and even wash down the pavement to keep things clean and inviting for potential consumers. Apparently this happens in quite a few places in the world, and we should ask why it has stopped here…__Sorry, Jackle, to hear about your loss of interest in estabilishing a business in Wetaskiwin because of the current state of the businesses…and I bet you're not the only prospective business that was turned off by it. Hopefully this turns around in the future soon! Perhaps you can aid the cause by getting the word out that a clean-up would help, yeah?
Pam says:
Jun 24, 2009
I agree, I'm disgusted by the way things are kept in this town. It's not a good way to attract new business if our current places of business look the way they do. I look at Camrose and it's downtown area, it's always clean, and the stores are always updated and kept looking fresh and new. Business around here is falling apart, like your title says, A can of paint does not cost that much.