The promise of a light-rail transit artery and transformed streetscape were what persuaded Kal Brach and her husband to sign a 15-year lease and invest in an ambitious renovation for their dental office on Sheppard Avenue East. Ms. Brach hoped the planned Sheppard line would turn a commuter route used by people to get from Point A to Point B into a place where they might stop for a coffee - and maybe notice the local dental office. "It's very much a commuter type of street," she said. "We'd love that to change." Every week for nearly three years, Ms. Brach met with Toronto Transit Commission staff to pore over plans for her neighbourhood at Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road and an ambitious transit line that - they promised - would link it with the Sheppard subway in the west and Scarborough Rapid Transit in the east.
Globe and Mail, P. A12, December 13, 2010
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