The San Antonio Riverwalk
The downtown loop of the famed San Antonio Riverwalk, or Paseo del Rio, is a 2 1/2 mile stretch of […]
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downtown
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Arlington Public Library Makerspace
Discover and learn to use technology in the second floor’s makerspace area. From sewing and other traditional crafts to cutting-edge
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Main Street Mobility: Getting Anyone Anywhere Anytime, Safely and Cheaply.
Main Street Mobility. Downtowns and their main streets host a wide variety of uses and activities; they are totally dependent
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Museums, Launching Pads for the Future.
A Reflection of Downtown Values. Museums can be about anything; mostly they are about the values of the host community.
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Character Town Community Theaters, “Edu-tainment” Emporiums.
Historical Role of Main Street….Theaters in Small Cities and Towns. Character towns with city planners promote community theaters. They attract
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Small City Main Street’s Potential.
Character towns have small city and town main streets that leverage vision-driven assets for societal benefits. Think of your children’s
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Main Street Parks and Plazas, Open Air “Third Places”
MAIN STREET “THIRD PLACES” WHERE PEOPLE MEET CASUALLY, IN A PLEASANT SETTING. Downtown parks and plazas are ideal “third places”.
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The Design and Content of Character Main Streets.
The design and content of nine Central Florida’s Character Main Streets reveals important attributes that entitles these small cities to
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Being Self-Sufficient, Special Main Street Districts
Make “Special Districts” Special. A downtown district, as a legal and geographically specific entity has the opportunity to control its
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City Halls and Post Offices, The Essential Main Street Assets
Character towns view City hall as the downtown icon. Downtown doesn’t seem like downtown without a visible city hall, especially