Curing the Doubting Thomas

The downtown campus debate has become quite the divisive issue in our community. Though I want to say that I get the other side of the debate -- I really don't. I, for the life of me, can't understand why there is such rabid opposition to building the new engineering campus in our downtown core. Call me hopelessly optimistic, but I believe that we can achieve great things in our community, of which the University of Windsor is a integral component, if we stop saying we can't and starting asking, how do we succeed.

I know that we all need a little inspiration so, to get everyone started, check out The Project for Public Spaces - Campuses page and see what makes a truly innovate and successful campus. Spend some time reading and dreaming with the folks at PPS (don't feel ashamed if you catch yourself exploring the other program areas). After spending a couple of hours (and that's being conservative!) digging through the pages of inspiration at PPS I think you'll find that it's not a matter of if we support a downtown campus, but a when will we suport a downtown campus.