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Portage Place should pivot from commerce to community focus, Winnipeg organizations say

COMPLETE PRESS CONFERNECE Community group releases plan that calls for mall to shift to affordable housing, community focus https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito... A group of Winnipeg organizations want their vision for the downtown Portage Place mall, which includes redeveloping the space into a non-profit community hub with affordable housing and a reimagined safety plan, to be part of the discussion in the municipal election campaign. "We hear again and again that Portage Place is vacant, and the downtown is empty … and this is flatly untrue. There are many, many people who use and depend upon Portage Place as a vital resource," said Cam Scott from the West Broadway Tenants Committee. That grassroots organization began working on a community-centred vision for the three-block space after Toronto's Starlight Investments backed out of a deal to buy the mall last September. The committee unveiled the proposal at a news conference at Portage Place on Friday. For more news go to our website anytime: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBCManitoba?ref_s... Follow us on Facebook:   / cbcmanitoba   Follow us on Instagram:   / cbcmanitoba