What is Hamilton to you? What does it need? Here's what some residents had to say
CBC News | Posted: September 19, 2017 9:42 PM | Last Updated: August 18, 2022
We asked hundreds of Hamiltonians two simple questions about their city
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Caption: Elijah Houtman was one of several hundred Hamiltonians who filled in their thoughts on Hamilton's future and its identity at Supercrawl this year. (CBC Hamilton)
How would you finish the sentence "Hamilton is ...?"
What about the sentence "Hamilton needs ...?"
We recently gave Hamiltonians a chance to offer their opinions on the city's evolving identity by answering one of those two questions.
Over the course of two days at Supercrawl, hundreds of people took the opportunity to fill in the blanks on those two question prompts, writing in the answers on our white board and posing for a portrait.
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It was a chance for our readers to have a say in our series exploring the city's identity crisis, and what this junction looks like for workers, residents, commuters, newcomers and lifers who call Hamilton home.