I come from downtown, born and ready for you

One of the things I love most about my King Street apartment is the cozy, sheltered view it gives me of some of London's best summer festivals. I had friends over to watch Canada Day fireworks from my balcony while others on the street had to wait in the rain. And last night, the Tragically Hip serenaded us from Harris Park. I couldn't quite make out tiny Gord on the stage below, but I could hear every word.

It took a little while for London to grow on me after moving here from Toronto, but it's home now -- a home I want to celebrate, as well as pick on once in a while. In future posts I plan to examine what's going right and wrong in downtown London and see what kind of collective wisdom Londoners can generate about how to run a city like this one. There's lots of research and scholarship these days on the economies and urban development of metropolises like Toronto, but a lot more of Canada is made up of mid-sized cities like this one. Time to do a little research of our own.

Thanks for reading!