Editorial: A Call to Reclaim the DIA’s Independence & Revive Downtown Owen Sound

Maryann Thomas, owner of Ginger Press and publisher of the Owen Sound Current, outlines her concerns with the DIA and offers a path forward.

EDITORIAL OPINION

Maryann Thomas here — publisher of the Owen Sound Current and owner/proprietor at Ginger Press Book Shop & Cafe in downtown Owen Sound.

As our Editor, Miranda Miller, has previously reported, the River District originated in 1973 as the Owen Sound Downtown Improvement Area (DIA) and was officially rebranded as the River District in 2022.…