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director looking to past in vision for city's future
Clearly this is great news proponents of downtown. Raising the rhetoric is the way to go. positive talk leads to positive action. Bringing people to the place is a winning combination.
BUT.....,
as always UNION STREET is missing from the conversation. Everyone KNOWS its reputation and by ignoring it we risks subjecting all of the positive developments in downtown vulnerable to a flank attack. The energy and vitality of this area could be leveraged in such a way that could lead to an explosion of growth.
Failure to address and confront the problems associated with this street and its image will end up tarnishing the luster of the downtown's development and any designations.
I think Union Street is bustling with successful businesses, just like what we're trying to have happen in the rest of DTL. I think it's offensive to the successful shops and busy customers on that street to say they're a problem that has to be addressed.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, Union Street's big problem is double parking. Once we have that sort of problem in the rest of DTL, I'll know we've arrived. :)
My biggest point is that UNION STREET is left out of all the development talk. The IGNORING to me is the most offensive.
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