When the street party was the entire street, it was an event worth attending. Attended every year and spent a lot of money and found businesses to support year round. When they went to smaller parties it wasn't worth time to attend. With the whole street, if you didn't like one band, keep walking you would find another. With the small party, don't like the band too bad.
The Downtown plaza is a horrible environment for events. The design can't handle normal traffic, let alone special events. The market manager is not great at coordinating events or people.
The downtown plaza cannot handle the traffic flow of a normal weekend market, let alone special events.The market manager is a poor communicator who doesn't do a good job with events or people.
Clearly written that they would use the Environment Canada measurement for Sault Ste Marie. The issue is Northern Snow decided they didn't like the standard that was used in the contract and to use a new standard.So, yes clearly written, Northern Snow was wrong and good on them for walking that back.
More than one thing can be true. Some families will enjoy the smaller parties. Some enjoyed the larger party. Some will attend one and not the other. I would love to know the stats for each method, however the data will probably never be available. Anecdotally, I know when I visited the big party, it was busy and I saw lots of people. When I went to the 1 or 2 smaller parties I tried, the place appeared empty. Of course the businesses should do what makes them the most money. Again more than one thing can be true. I can lament the loss of a local event that brought my family pleasure. We can celebrate the events that bring your family joy.