For our project we are focused with the Driftwood Mall and the Rialto movie theatre in Courtenay. We would like to improve this area of the Comox Valley to attract more tourists and more teenagers and youth for business. In the mall we don’t have the greatest selection of stores, we have Ardennes, Bootlegger, Eclipse but a majority of the stores don’t have a wide variety of things for guys. We’d like to see the mall expand so maybe we wouldn’t have to drive all they way to Nanaimo for a good pair of jeans or good quality shoes. It would also attract more employment especially if we added a food court since we don’t have much options other than the cinnamon bun café and Quality Foods. We could also put in more toy stores for children because they don’t have much variety. The movie theatre is located right beside the mall but its not the best quality, it doesn’t have comfortable seating and only has 4 theatres. We would like to see something like Cineplex in Victoria because that way you would have more customers and make more money and the customers would be way happier and appreciated. Please don’t think that we don’t appreciate our town, we love the Valley and its environment but it is getting out dated and we are having more people move to our town.
We have contacted the mall manager whose name is Adel Janssen and told them about our class project on how we can improve the mall to benefit teens and other people, we asked them a few questions which we will include below.
For our project we are focused with the Driftwood Mall and the Rialto movie theatre in Courtenay. We would like to improve this area of the Comox Valley to attract more tourists and more teenagers and youth for business. In the mall we don’t have the greatest selection of stores, we have Ardennes, Bootlegger, Eclipse but a majority of the stores don’t have a wide variety of things for guys. We’d like to see the mall expand so maybe we wouldn’t have to drive all they way to Nanaimo for a good pair of jeans or good quality shoes. It would also attract more employment especially if we added a food court since we don’t have much options other than the cinnamon bun café and Quality Foods. We could also put in more toy stores for children because they don’t have much variety. The movie theatre is located right beside the mall but its not the best quality, it doesn’t have comfortable seating and only has 4 theatres. We would like to see something like Cineplex in Victoria because that way you would have more customers and make more money and the customers would be way happier and appreciated. Please don’t think that we don’t appreciate our town, we love the Valley and its environment but it is getting out dated and we are having more people move to our town.
We have contacted the mall manager whose name is Adel Janssen and told them about our class project on how we can improve the mall to benefit teens and other people, we asked them a few questions which we will include below.
- Is there any possibility for upgrading the mall, like, let’s say a food court or new stores like you would see in Nanaimo?
- Why did you choose the stores you have now?
- How would you guys say you advertise for teens and youth’s attention?
- How long does it take for an expansion?
- Have you considered doing another expansion?