366 days ago

Poll: How do you feel about Garden Place?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Senior city councillor and CBD resident Ewan Wilson says people are showering in the Garden Place fountains and wants more action on that and other anti-social behaviour in the central city.

“We’ve lost control of Garden Place,” he said during a strategic growth and district committee meeting, which was discussing the central city transformation programme.

How do you feel about Garden Place?

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How do you feel about Garden Place?
  • 7% It's fine
    7% Complete
  • 77.5% Something needs to change
    77.5% Complete
  • 15.5% It depends when you go
    15.5% Complete
71 votes
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