ByWard Market: Retailers, residents City of Ottawa to take immediate action to address safety, revitalization issues [Video]

Retailers and residents in the ByWard Market are calling on Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and the City of Ottawa to take immediate steps to revitalize and improve safety in the popular Ottawa tourist area.

A group of “concerned retailers and residents of the ByWard Market” released a letter outlining their “ongoing concerns and need to get to the root of the problems” in the ByWard Market. They say they have met as a group and asked Sutcliffe to meet with them, but he refused, according to the letter dated Wednesday.

The letter is addressed to Sutcliffe, Rideau-Vanier Coun. Stephanie Plante, the ByWard Market District Authority, Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs, the head of the National Capital Commission and Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge. It outlines a series of demands, including:

• Make sure events do not occupy parking spaces on the streets for clients visiting local businesses and “make use of …