Schukov: Village revitalization plans need some colourful options

Revitalizing West Island oases like Pointe-Claire Village (and Valois and Beaurepaire) is tremendously simple if you can answer one question: How do you do it? As Shakespeare said (or was it the Vicks Company?): “There’s the rub.”  
The default move – the shortest distance between point A and point B — is often cosmetic as with Pointe-Claire’s Cartier Ave.: Widen the streets, plant both flowers and benches, and plow a new bike path. The latter is always i