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Why Baseball Failed in Montreal The Last Page | August 26th, 2007 Print | E-mail This installment of The Last Page is by Jared Book, who writes for MVN at Les Glorieux, a look at the Montreal Canadiens. He writes about the recent history of the Expos and tries to examine why the fans stayed away. After all, after everything done to these fans, could you really blame them for staying away? For the third summer in a row (but some would argue more) the Olympic Stadium in Montreal’s east end was eerily quiet. The gray cement uncovered, the former Expos store completely empty – except for remnants of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup held in July. The summer in Montreal isn’t without substance. Visits from NASCAR, Formula One, the ATP, and the upcoming President’s Cup of golf keep the city on the radar to the rest of North America as well as lift the spirits of sports fans in the city, but there is that regularity of 162 baseball games, 81 of which would be held at the now-empty Olympic Stadium. The Canadian Football League’s Montreal Alouettes and the United Soccer League’s Montreal Impact aren’t enough to fill the regular void left after the Montreal Canadiens find themselves out of the playoffs (which seems to be earlier and earlier as of late). Today, Montreal is still labeled a non-baseball town and will probably never be considered again for a professional baseball team. It seems that professional baseball in Canada will continue to die a slow death. There have been more teams moved from Canada (3) than currently in Canada (2) and even the AAA Ottawa Lynx are facing a very doubtful future. And the irony in this situation? The demise of baseball in Canada is not only coming at the same time that Canadian talent is starting to thrive at the Major League level, but the demise started when a Canadian team was at the top of the baseball world. In 1994, Major League Baseball’s tenure in Canada was at its highest. The Toronto Blue Jays were coming off two straight World Series titles and the Montreal Expos had the best record in Major League Baseball. Then, on August 12, the season was halted by the strike and the season never ended, no World Series was played and the downward spiral of baseball in Montreal started. Thirteen years after their first, and only, playoff appearance (coincidentally also a season affected by a strike) the Expos could have done it again. Instead, Expo fans were left to wonder what could have been and a team that included Moises Alou, Larry Walker, Ken Hill, Pedro Martinez and John Wetteland never got to play together again. The different conditions There was no single reason why the Expos didn’t work in Montreal. Instead it was a slew of conditions, some big, some small that caused fans to be turned off to the point that many no longer cared for the league or the team. The Stadium, part one Olympic Stadium was always at the heart of many a discussion about why the Expos failed in Montreal. Located in the middle of a small residential area about 15 minutes from downtown, the stadium was always out of the way for people to get to. But, perhaps a bigger problem was that the retractable roof, which was supposed to open, broke down – and that was after they finally got it built. The stadium was the cornerstone of the Olympic Village for the 1976 Summer Olympics. The retractable roof wasn’t even completed until 1988. After completion, it wouldn’t operate in winds of more than 25 miles per hour, and was often torn due to heavy winds. The broken roof left fans having to sit in a warm building even on the nicest days, instead of enjoying the outdoors and a game of baseball fans had to choose on or the other. The Strike Perhaps the most obvious one, but is just as often misinterpreted. Most fans turned their back on the team after the strike, but for all different reasons. What the strike did was took the wind out of the sails of the fans. On such a high at the point of the strike – up six games on the Atlanta Braves in the National League East division and stretching that lead with the best record in baseball – the fans had the rug swept from under them and most never returned to Major League Baseball for fear of the same thing happening again. The team never got to that point of success again, and the fans never returned except for three games in August 2003. Ownership, part one The strike didn’t single-handedly destroy Expos fans in 1994; owner Claude Brochu did quite a bit himself when the league restarted. Most of the players on the team would have signed for less than they ended up with (Larry Walker comes to mind), but Brochu decided instead to cut payroll and trade the core of the 1994 team, or even worse, let them walk away for nothing. The core of the ‘94 team was homegrown and knew that they had something special. Unfortunately, the owner (and the minority owners) were too concerned with the bottom line, perhaps not thinking what a successful team would have done to ticket sales. What fans weren’t turned off by the strike were turned off by the team’s owner. Ownership, part two When Claude Brochu sold the team to Jeffrey Loria, a lot of people actually thought it would be the turnaround for the Expos franchise. Instead, it turned out to be the beginning of the end. Loria took the team off of local television and English radio for the 2000 season. However there was one silver lining — he wanted to move the team out of Olympic Stadium and build Labatt Park not too far from the Bell Centre, the home of the Montreal Canadiens in the heart of downtown Montreal. However, the municipal and provincial governments did not want to put money into a new stadium when they still had Olympic Stadium to pay off. Failed big money free agents (Graeme Lloyd and Hideki Matsui), and the firing of longtime Expo coach Felipe Alou all but killed off the remaining fans of the franchise. If Loria taking over the franchise wasn’t the beginning of the end, the firing of Alou was. The Stadium, part two Many Expo fans feel that putting a outdoor ballpark in the middle of downtown Montreal would have saved the franchise. Although it has been proven in other cities that the “new ballpark revival” can fail if the team continues to struggle, there is belief it would have helped Montreal. A city that has set attendance records for Formula One, and the ATP embraces the outdoors in the summer, and there is no doubt that a state of the art outdoor ballpark would have produced walk-up crowds on summer nights despite where the team was in the standings, something that Olympic Stadium was severely lacking – even people with tickets wouldn’t show up to games. Ownership, part three Despite all of the above, for three nights in August of 2003, the Expos were on top of the Montreal scene. On August 25, the Expos were three games behind in the Wild Card race in the National League, led at the time by the Philadelphia Phillies and Florida Marlins. The Phillies just happened to be coming to Olympic Stadium for a four game series, with the Expos then going to Florida to face the Marlins afterwards. The series had the most buzz than any series probably since the 1994 strike. The Expos took all four games in the series with a modest but impressive 80,000 people taking in the four game series. At the end of it, the Expos had passed the Phillies and were on top of the Wild Card chase — tied with the Marlins. At this point, now the end of August in a long season, players needed a rest and September call ups would be necessary for teams who didn’t want to miss a beat. However, Major League Baseball (by now the owners of the franchise due to the three-team trade between MLB, John Henry and Jeffrey Loria which involved the Red Sox, Marlins and Expos) refused to call up players due to the added cost. Montreal lost six games in a row, getting swept in Florida and losing a series in Philadelphia to the Phillies. This time there was no doubt in Expo fans minds that Major League Baseball did not want them to win, even more doubt that they wanted to exist, at least in Montreal. Montreal’s bad reputation With everything the city and the team had to go through from its inception in 1969 to their move after the 2004 season, Montreal is considered to be a second-rate sports city tied to the Canadiens and no one else. While their love for the Canadiens is not to be denied, the city of Montreal has deep roots in baseball starting most notably with the Royales, a AAA team for the Brooklyn Dodgers and being the place where Jackie Robinson started baseball’s integration. Throughout the late-1970’s, early 80’s, baseball in Montreal was thriving and it’s hard to believe that if the team was cared about and had a committed owner, the team would have had settled for the same fate. A lot of teams have gone through bad ownership in the past, and even currently it is not uncommon for fans to show concern with their owner’s commitment to winning. However, the Expos didn’t have an owner for several seasons, had to play 22 “home” games in Puerto Rico and had to deal with more of a handicap than even the team in the smallest market – and still managed to remain quasi-competitive. In the end, it all came down to low attendance numbers. But, would have any city acted any differently? That will always be up for debate, and will probably never be known. Jared Book writes about general sports at Les Glorieux.
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Il y a pas mal de carrés inconnus là dedans. Je crois en connaître quelques-u, mais je suis pas sûr. Le carré à côté de la tour de la bourse est le 701 university, mais c'est pas aussi haut. Le rouge derrière la CIBC, c'est le vieux 1500 rue Sherbrooke Ouest? Le vert derrière la tour de la banque national et bell, c'est quoi au juste? La Place de la Cité Internationale? Elle devrait être devant plutôt, caché derrière l'édifice carré noir (500 Place D'Armes). Le rouge à droite de la PVM, est-ce que c'est la vieille Tour Mansfield?
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Je viens tout juste de voir cette photo (c'est pas Montréal, je sais) sur internet: C'est impressionnant .... et ridicule à la fois! Tant de monde pour voir des autos tourner en rond!
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Voilà : et le liens : http://mtlurb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=373
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Ça avance quand même vite ce chantier là!
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Et bien... C'est laquelle?
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Vu mon bel horraire de Cegep, je risque pas mal de faire des tours au centre-ville, mais à chaque semaine...pas sûr sûr...
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rendu au deuxième étage.
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on enlevait une des grues aujourd'hui!
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ilo faudrait vraiment en faire un qui indique les projets!
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y a une différence à faire entre l'incivilité de certains gens dans les rues et la vie dans un secteur branché. Les gens prennent en prétexte l'un pour tuer le secteur, on peut pas virer toute la ville en silence banlieusard (comme M. Bergeron de Projet Montréal veut faire...) ça aucun sens, on va tuer Montréal et la rendre aussi stérile que Edmonton ou Boston.
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Complexe sur l’autoroute 13 -Guzzo reporte l’ouverture d’un projet de cinéma
mtlurb a répondu à un sujet de WestAust dans L'actualité
c'est dommage, je suis tanné de conduire jusqu'au centropolis/marché central/sphertech. -
wow! C'est plus important que je croyais ce projet là! J'ai bien hâte de voir de quoi ça aura l'air!
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En passant sur la 25, j'ai pu voir que ça travaillait sur le site.
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Dalle de béton - Maisonneuve fermée jusqu'en septembre 2008
mtlurb a répondu à un sujet de ProposMontréal dans L'actualité
You have no idea how Quebec and Canadian engineers are requested worldwide, please talk about something you know about like ipods and and imacs -
Dalle de béton - Maisonneuve fermée jusqu'en septembre 2008
mtlurb a répondu à un sujet de ProposMontréal dans L'actualité
Liberals and PQ shared power equally during the last 30 years, lets not jump on conclusions to rapidly. -
L'excédent fédéral surpassera les prévisions 24 août 2007 - 12h49 Presse Canadienne Grossir caractèreImprimerEnvoyer L'excédent budgétaire du gouvernement canadien pour l'exercice 2007-2008 commencé au mois d'avril devrait dépasser la projection de 3 G$ établie lors du dernier budget fédéral, en raison d'un certain nombre de faits nouveaux survenus depuis le mois de mars, a indiqué le ministre des Finances, Jim Flaherty, vendredi. Dans sa plus récente revue financière portant sur le mois de juin et le premier trimestre de l'exercice, le ministre a expliqué que la performance économique a été plus robuste que prévu. «Les prévisionnistes du secteur privé ont révisé à la hausse leurs perspectives de croissance du produit intérieur brut (PIB) nominal en 2007, qui sont passées à 5,2 % contre les 3,9 % prévus dans le budget de 2007, précise le document soumis par le ministre. «Ainsi, le niveau du PIB nominal, la mesure la plus large de l'assiette fiscale, s'établit à environ 20 G$ de plus en 2007 et en 2008 que les projections du budget.» Les résultats enregistrés depuis le début de l'exercice semblent également montrer que les revenus seront supérieurs à ceux qui avaient été prévus en mars, souligne le ministre, en précisant qu'«ensemble, ces faits nouveaux indiquent que l'excédent budgétaire de 2007-2008 dépassera de 3 G$ la projection du budget de 2007». La présente mise à jour trimestrielle est qualitative et non quantitative, précise le document ministériel, «compte tenu surtout que seulement trois mois de données financières sont disponibles pour l'exercice 2007-2008, ce qui ne suffit pas pour fournir une mise à jour des projections du budget de 2007 offrant un niveau raisonnable de confiance». Au mois de juin, un excédent budgétaire de 2,85 G$ a été dégagé, soit environ 594 M$ de plus que l'excédent de 2,26 G$ en juin 2006. Les revenus budgétaires ont augmenté de 1,45 milliard $ (7,6 %). Pour le premier trimestre de l'exercice 2007-2008 en cours, l'excédent budgétaire estimatif s'élève à 6,36 G$, en hausse de 472 M$ par rapport à l'excédent de 5,89 G$ signalé pour la même période de l'exercice précédent. Les revenus budgétaires ont progressé de 3,88 G$ (6,9 %), ce qui tient à des gains au chapitre des revenus tirés de l'impôt sur le revenu et des revenus non fiscaux. La revue financière est une publication mensuelle qui présente des faits saillants sur la performance financière du gouvernement fédéral.
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Le Parisien (rénovations, commerces)
mtlurb a répondu à un sujet de Zax dans Projets oubliés et/ou en suspens
qu'est ce que le fnac a de si special? -
Montreal fest maverick Serge Losique conquers Montreal scene By SHANE DANIELSEN Claude Miller's "Un Secret," starring Cecile de France and Patrick Bruel In an increasingly corporate fest milieu, Serge Losique is a maverick. Pugnacious, unpredictable, the 76-year-old Montreal World Film Festival chief has for over three decades run his event as a personal fiefdom, as shuttered and inscrutable as the court of Tamburlaine. He's also a survivor, having seen off a recent challenge that would have sunk many a less determined adversary. Launched amid great fanfare in February 2005, the New Montreal FilmFest quickly signed a high-profile director (former Berlin and Venice topper Moritz de Hadeln) and boasted coin from Canada's major government film offices. It was, its backers claimed, the breath of fresh air the Montreal film scene badly needed. But in fact, the newcomer proved one of the fest world's more conspicuous train wrecks. The omens were not good: Both the fest's staff and its board were castigated by de Hadeln in the Canuck press just days before opening night -- but the reality proved far worse, with few (and flummoxed) guests, an empty red carpet and most films unspooling to near-empty houses. "It was," one attendee commented, "like watching the Lusitania go down. For 11 days." From across town, you could practically hear Losique's sigh of satisfaction. Sure enough, after that first, disastrous edition, the plug was pulled. Bloodied, but defiantly unbowed, the veteran fest celebrated its 30th anniversary last August. However, the very creation of a rival fest signaled other, more serious concerns -- specifically, a deepening feud between Losique (who runs his event as a private company, even owning its principal venue, the Imperial Theater) and his chief funders, Canadian government bodies Telefilm Canada and Sodec, the Quebec film agency. Both claimed disenchantment with Losique's autocratic managerial style and "lack of accountability" to the local film community. In electing to side with the NMFF, they expected his event to fold. Instead, the tyro event went under, leaving both bodies with oeuf on their faces. "The problems we encountered in the last two years with Telefilm Canada and Sodec are due to the fact that they are judge and jury," Losique reports. "Sooner or later, this approach to culture has to change." Losique has challenged the status quo before: "We raised these questions (just) as we raised questions about the rules of FIAPF (the Intl. Federation of Film Producers Assn.). We quit them. Now FIAPF is better, with new rules, and we are a member again." In the same way, he says, the relationship with Telefilm Canada is "becoming more normal." His lawsuit against them has quietly been dropped: "We're not yet kissing each other, but we are talking to each other." Unpredictable programming Still, Telefilm has not committed to reup its funding: a spokesman would say only that MWFF was still "under evaluation." Sodec, however, has returned to the fold, announcing in June that Losique's event would be once again among the eight Quebec film fests to share its annual C$800,000 ($750,000) pot. For many attendees, the chief virtue of the World Film Fest -- and the reason for its enduring importance on the fest landscape -- is the sheer unpredictability of its programming. Where Toronto, true to its origins as the Festival of Festivals, essentially culls a greatest-hits lineup from Berlin, Cannes and Venice, the Montreal slate comprises many off-the-radar pics from across the globe. Last year saw entries from 76 countries; this time, filmmakers from Chad to the U.S. will compete on equal terms for the Grand Prix of the Americas, the event's major award. Many of these will be world premieres. As such, it's a distinct change from the homogenous, shopping-list selections of most fest selections. Or as Losique puts it: "Our goal is to find the best films from as many countries as possible. We are not looking for 'names,' because even great names can produce bad films. In some festivals, you see the parade of stars and starlets offered by the marketing junket machine of Hollywood. We are not here to please dubious merchants, but to display the gems of the film industry." Still, he admits to a growing sense of dejection: "The emotional mystery of cinema is disappearing. Today you can buy any film on DVD on the same shelves with cat and dog food. Films d'auteur are gradually dying at the box office, and that's a danger for a quality film festival and also for cinema in general." The only way forward, he believes, is to retain a sense of perspective: "If you're too big, it's not good for cinema and discoveries. If you are too small, you do not exist for the media and sponsors. A festival should not be so big that you cannot even appreciate the films. Some middle road must be found."
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Zimmer achète Orthosoft 24 août 2007 - 11h14 Presse Canadienne Agrandir Le docteur Louis Philippe Amiot est un des grands patrons d'Orthosoft. La montréalaise Orthosoft (OSH) sera vendue à l'américaine Zimmer Holdings (ZMH). Les deux parties ont signé une entente, ont-elles annoncé jeudi. La société spécialisée en logiciels et instruments pour la chirurgie orthopédique par ordinateur a vu son titre bondir de plus de 60% vendredi matin à la Bourse de croissance TSX. Zimmer entend maintenir les activités actuelles d'Orthosoft à Montréal. La société américaine intégrera l'entreprise achetée dans sa structure existante. Orthosoft, dont le siège social est situé dans le Vieux Montréal, compte actuellement 81 employés, la plupart affectés à la vente et au développement de produits. De son côté, Zimmer est basée à Warsaw, en Indiana. Elle est spécialisée dans la fabrication et la commercialisation d'implants orthopédiques de reconstruction et d'implants rachidiens, d'appareils de traumatologie et de produits chirurgicaux orthopédiques connexes. Zimmer est active dans plus de 24 pays, et vend des produits dans plus de 100 pays. En 2006, le chiffre d'affaires de Zimmer s'est établi à environ 3,5 G$.
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Infrastructures : informations, discussions générales et actualités
mtlurb a répondu à un sujet de loulou123 dans Projets oubliés et/ou en suspens
Moi j'aime bien le plan de vision, il est pas trop compliqué et ne fera pas chier le peuple. -
Le Parisien (rénovations, commerces)
mtlurb a répondu à un sujet de Zax dans Projets oubliés et/ou en suspens
resembles strangely a center in Cancun... but the upper levels of that center were not doing too good. I'm a bit sceptic about this project. -
NIMBY ?: Le campus Elvis Gratton de l’Université de Montréal? Article mis en ligne le 23 août 2007 à 14:32 Soyez le premier à commenter cet article Le campus Elvis Gratton de l’Université de Montréal? Serait-ce vouloir entraver la propagation du savoir que de mettre en question le projet de campus universitaire sur la gare de triage du Canadien Pacifique? Cette réticence à se plier aux exigences des intérêts supérieurs du Québec serait-elle une manifestation de l’égoïsme des Outremontais, comme le voudrait un stéréotype immérité mais trop répandu? Mettons de côté, malgré son bien-fondé, la crainte de l’aggravation des problèmes de la circulation automobile, déjà trop envahissante et pressée (et que l’on ne fait rien de sérieux pour résoudre) qu’entraînerait ce campus dans les rues d’un quartier à vocation résidentielle. Notons néanmoins que les ennuis accrus s’abattront sur les secteurs nord et est de l’arrondissement, les moins cossus donc les moins en mesure de défendre leur droit à la jouissance paisible de leurs propriétés: les résidants juchés sur la colline, au sud du chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, eux, n’ont rien à craindre. Arrêtons-nous plutôt aux intérêts du Québec. Combien de projets mal pensés dont on nous a pourtant assuré, main sur le cœur, qu’ils étaient porteurs de bienfaits et à la portée de notre bourse collective, se sont révélés d’utilité éphémère, voire nulle, et des gouffres financiers? L’aéroport de Mirabel (Ottawa), le Stade Olympique (Montréal et Québec), Gaspésia (Québec) et l’Îlôt Voyageur (UQÀM), entre autres, ont généreusement garni le trésor des sociétés d’ingénieurs-conseils responsables de leur conception et de leur exécution, sans compter certains cabinets d’avocats et promoteurs immobiliers, mais ils ont lourdement endetté le contribuable. D’autres, comme le Métro de Laval, tout utiles soient-ils, ont donné lieu à des dépenses dépassant largement les prévisions évoquées lors de leur lancement. Ce train de fiascos ne nous éveille-t-il pas à la nécessité de la plus grande prudence avant l’entreprise de mégaprojets? Combien existe-t-il, à Montréal, d’écoles secondaires et primaires désaffectées et en voie de désaffectation dont les locaux pourraient convenir à l’enseignement universitaire? L’ancienne Académie Strathcona, en face de l’hôtel d’arrondissement d’Outremont, n’a-t-elle pas été recyclée avec succès par l’Université de Montréal? Pourquoi s’arrêter en route quand les contribuables croulent sous des impôts et des taxes qui ne cessent de grimper? L’Externat Mont-Jésus-Marie, acheté à prix fort, ne devait-il pas être mis à contribution, lui aussi? Sinon, pourquoi ne le sera-t-il pas? Réfléchit-on au rectorat avant d’engager de telles dépenses? L’Université de Sherbrooke a établi un campus à Longueuil: ce n’est pas à la porte. L’Université de Montréal ne pourrait-elle pas faire de même, sur l’île? Un peu de frugalité, d’imagination, de hardiesse, Messieurs-Dames les édiles universitaires, provinciaux, municipaux et d’arrondissement. Tout bardés de diplômes puissiez-vous être, vous semblez de l’École «Think Big» d’Elvis Gratton. Êtes-vous dépourvus de lettres et de mémoire au point d’avoir oublié cette grenouille qui voulait se faire aussi grosse que le bœuf? Ne vous souvenez-vous pas qu’elle finit par se faire crever? «Le monde est plein de gens qui ne sont pas plus sages, écrivait Jean de La Fontaine. Tout bourgeois veut bâtir comme les grands seigneurs.» Seriez-vous de ce nombre? De grâce, évitez de vous couvrir de ridicule et, surtout, d’alourdir de dettes écrasantes nos enfants et nos petits-enfants. Soyez lucides! Pierre Joncas, résidant d’Outremont
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Le concours Design Montréal salué Article mis en ligne le 23 août 2007 à 14:42 Soyez le premier à commenter cet article Le concours Design Montréal salué Le concours Commerce Design Montréal a été sélectionné comme l’une des 48 meilleures pratiques parmi 703 candidatures soumises et provenant de 88 pays au 2006 Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment de l’ONU-Habitat. Cette récompense souligne l’excellence des projets qui contribuent de façon durable à l'amélioration du cadre de vie. Les meilleures pratiques ont été définies par les Nations unies et par l’ensemble de la communauté internationale comme étant des initiatives qui se sont avérées un succès et qui, entre autres, contribuent de manière tangible et visible à l'amélioration de la qualité de vie des populations concernées. « Par cette prestigieuse distinction, l’ONU-Habitat reconnaît que le programme Commerce Design Montréal constitue un modèle éloquent pour le développement d’une ville durable par ses efforts envers la revitalisation des milieux urbains anciens, le maintien des services de proximité et la promotion d’une mixité sociale et culturelle des quartiers centraux», a déclaré Benoit Labonté, responsable de la culture au comité exécutif de la ville de Montréal. Rappelons que le concours Commerce Design Montréal a primé plusieurs commerces du secteur Ville-Marie, comme le 1000 Atriums ou L'épicier restaurant dans le Vieux-Montréal.. Commerce Design Montréal : un concept qui s’exporte bien! Organisé par la Ville de Montréal de1995 à 2004, Commerce Design Montréal avait pour but de faire valoir auprès des commerçants montréalais les bénéfices d’investir dans la qualité de l’aménagement de leur établissement avec l’aide d’un professionnel qualifié. Aujourd'hui, le concept est exporté et les demandes de transfert d’expertise se multiplient. Depuis 2003, cinq licences ont été accordées à la demande de la Ville de Trois-Rivières, de Saint-Étienne, de la Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Marseille et de Lyon en France, et le District Times Square à New York.
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Areva T&D Canada adding 94 jobs as it consolidates operations near Montreal
un sujet a posté mtlurb dans L'actualité
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 Areva T&D Canada adding 94 jobs as it consolidates operations near Montreal Canadian Press MONTREAL (CP) - Areva T&D Canada is adding nearly 100 new jobs as it consolidates its Canadian operations in La Prairie, Que., southwest of Montreal. The energy company said the plant will be expanded by March 2008, primarily to meet the new needs of its systems business unit. "The consolidation will make it possible to better meet the needs of our clients, present and potential, and increase of commercial synergies in a market where reaction and response time are essential to success," president Greg Farthing said in a release. "Furthermore, this reorganization will help us to respond to a growing number of clients who want integrated turnkey solutions consisting of products manufactured by several business units." The Quebec plant will eventually house more than 300 employees. A facility in nearby St-Leonard will be closed. The company said the consolidation follows the launch of its new systems group business unit, HT shop layout, acquisition of new tools for the production of high-tension circuit breakers and disconnectors, implementation of new manufacturing software and the strengthening of its sales force in Canada. Areva provides technological solutions for carbon dioxide-free power generation and electricity transmission and distribution. The Canadian company is a division of French nuclear giant Areva.
