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Downtown Mississauga is growing and shrinking at the same time.

On the one hand, impressive skyscrapers – mostly condos – continue to rise skyward in the downtown district around the Square One shopping center.

As a result, both the skyline of Canada’s seventh largest city and its population – in the downtown area – continue to grow.

On the other hand, the metropolitan core just west of Toronto has also become much smaller recently – in a fun and peculiar way.

A model of downtown Mississauga, complete with relatively small versions of City Hall, the Living Arts Centre, Square One and the area’s many condos and office buildings, is now on display for all to see. The exposed gray-toned models serve as bookmarks for buildings not yet completed.

“This model of downtown is complete and on display on the main floor of City Hall,” Mayor Carolyn Parrish said in a social media post Thursday. “All are welcome to stop by and locate buildings you recognize or might live in. Can you choose city hall? »

The scaled-down replica is housed in the Great Hall of the Mississauga Civic Center and is part of a dedicated effort by city officials to make the town hall more welcoming to residents and others.

Mississauga City Hall. The authorities want it to be a more welcoming destination for visitors.

One person who commented on the mayor’s message was struck by what could yet happen to the heart of the city.

“There is so much potential on Rathburn Road; I hope the city will work with city planners to have something special.

Two other people who posted comments weren’t as impressed with the true, large-scale downtown.

“Seems like there are a lot of people,” one person wrote.

“Isn’t concrete the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions? asked another.

Several city councilors expressed concern in January that Mississauga City Hall had become a “very unfriendly” place for residents.

Much like municipalities elsewhere, in addition to most businesses, restaurants and public establishments in Canada, the City of Mississauga closed its doors – literally – to people shortly after the COVID pandemic began. 19, in early 2020.

As city hall and other Mississauga facilities reopen to the public in 2022 and 2023, councilors said earlier this year they wanted to open the doors further and restore in-person contact with people that they represent.

Parrish noted that at the time, she and several councilors received complaints from the public about how unwelcoming City Hall was and how difficult it was to access some services.

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