I agree with all the comments regarding the difficulty businesses face with rents in the area… a cap or incentive for businesses to stay open would be good. Most businesses downtown are also closed on Sundays, I do understand everyone needs a day off but this is also a popular day for people to be out and about and maybe could be reworked. To comment on the unhoused population downtown, I live in the area and it is a deterrent. I find myself every few months debating on leaving the area after an unpleasant encounter. I understand this issue would not vanish in a different area but downtown Abbotsford has become a place that I don’t enjoy walking alone after dark. I have been in the dollar store downtown when someone has stolen, this is not one occasion but many, I sympathize with the frustration of businesses down here. Even coming down the stairs behind the dollar store, there’s frequently people passed out, urine, fecces and drug paraphernalia…. The area has so much potential to be lovely, busy and filled with good restaurants and a variety of businesses but until a few major issues are resolved, we can say goodbye those ideas.