Sherbrooke’s City Council came under fire from the local business community on Monday night after the major supporter of the Well Inc. downtown redevelopment plan announced its immediate withdrawal from the project over the weekend. Nearly all of more than a dozen different individuals and groups that came forward to speak to the subject, including Downtown Business Association President Alexandre Hurtubise and Chamber of Commerce President Claude Denis. “We spent a significant amount of time last week determining how best to respond,” Hurtubise said, sharing that the 75 member association focused on voluntary efforts to raise the profile of Sherbrooke’s downtown core is very disappointed with the council’s lack of leadership on the project. He called the pullout a “massive loss” for the local community and asked how the city plans to move forward. “This was so much more than a simple development project,” Hurtubise said, adding that the members of the Downtown Business Association are nonetheless open and ready to work on whatever comes next. See full story in the Thursday, Feb. 22nd edition of The Record.
Well Inc. pullout prompts criticism
By Gordon Lambie
