VANCOUVER - Downtown Vancouver businesses are being advised to punch up security and get prepared for potential mayhem before a planned protest next week modeled after the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in the U.S.
The city's business improvement association has distributed a memo to its members suggesting businesses in the core should prepare for possible disruptions because thousands of people have indicated they may attend.
The protest, called "Occupy Vancouver," is planned for Oct. 15 in the city's usual bastion for activism, the lawn of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
The memo warns of potential traffic blockages if the crowd gets too large, that mud might be tracked onto business properties and washrooms and food services may become overtaxed.
It cautions that random marches may splinter through the streets and specifically migrate to locations association with "big business."
The Occupy Wall Street movement began last month when young adults pitched tents in front of the New York Stock Exchange and it has spread to other cities in recent weeks as demonstrators protest economic inequality they blame on corporate America.
The city's business improvement association has distributed a memo to its members suggesting businesses in the core should prepare for possible disruptions because thousands of people have indicated they may attend.
The protest, called "Occupy Vancouver," is planned for Oct. 15 in the city's usual bastion for activism, the lawn of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
The memo warns of potential traffic blockages if the crowd gets too large, that mud might be tracked onto business properties and washrooms and food services may become overtaxed.
It cautions that random marches may splinter through the streets and specifically migrate to locations association with "big business."
The Occupy Wall Street movement began last month when young adults pitched tents in front of the New York Stock Exchange and it has spread to other cities in recent weeks as demonstrators protest economic inequality they blame on corporate America.
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