From This City Life — Revitalized Public Market Helps New Westminster Get Back to its Roots

River Market (photo c/o River Market)

When you think of suburbs, you don’t typically think of a charming, local shopping experience. Big box stores, retail chains and sprawling parking lots are more likely to come to mind. But it doesn’t have to be this way, as suburbs like Metro Vancouver’s New Westminster are proving. With its re-invented public market, the city is helping bring back the local shopping experience and attracting a new generation of young families to its historic downtown core in the process. Read more: Revitalized Public Market Helps New Westminster Get Back to its Roots: