Depending on who you talk to it's either one of the most beautiful places on the planet, or in dire need of a facelift.
Posted: Jul. 31, 2023 5:44PMWhen you ask if downtown Victoria needs a little sprucing up, the responses vary.
“Flowers and stuff would make it beautiful, but we need to focus on like the core of cleanup,” said longtime Vancouver Islander Cherie. “Really anything that would improve the facade, the look, the feel of that block would be considered in this program,” said Jeff Bray, CEO of the DVBA. “The DVBA will match that, so that’s 100,000 and it would be on a cautionary basis with businesses and property owners. So that’s $200,000 that’s on the table to really improve the look and feel of downtown.”
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