Based on past experience with urban renewal districts, city officials see a new downtown URD as an opportunity to continue improving the downtown core.
Mayor Paul Aziz, at the Nov. 7 City Council meeting (see page 8), described dramatic and positive changes in the area over the past two decades, and city councilors, obviously, believe a URD will keep that momentum going.
We hope they’re right. They’ve got good reason to think so.…