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might be a good star ng point. How about a
plant nursery, an que store, music venue with/
without alcohol, art gallery, cra store, small
hardware store, bou que grocery store,
new business opportuni es
Via private developers with no public/primate
partnerships and tax payer dollar involvement.
Nice landscape and sign ordinance
Relocate most car lots further east and west
of corridor, rebuild the train depot exterior
accurately with nice restaurant interior, en ce
developers to construct limited rise mul -
families
Good mix of businesses such as resturants, new
hotels for visitors,instead of the low end stores,
car dealerships, bars and pawn shops.
Use simple techniques to beau fy the exis ng
businesses,e.g. trees, shrubs, curbs.
Get rid of poles in sidewalk.
By Making it look like 7th street & Camp Bowie
Variety of businesses, open spaces and good
ligh ng and landscaping.
More places to shop and eat.
mix-use development; merge with downtown/
entertainment district
Change the zoning to a more mixed-use develop-
ment. Apartments, restaurants, etc.
Slowly with small incremental changes as
opposed to a large scale redevelopment. Organic
growth with opportuni es for local small busi-
nesses and entrepreneurs.
Focus on people that want to live and work
in this community, remove the used car lots,
a ract small business that want to off er a
unique experience on things like coff ee shops,
restaurants, night life, bicycle shops, bou que
shopping, make it more friendly for pedestrians,
develop some of the space on Front Street as
Parks, Dog Parks, Build a REAL city Farmers
Market (see Grand Prairie), Find a company
that wants to invest and preserve the old Hwy
80 Motels as Up-Scale Bou que lodging (like
Belmont Hotel in Dallas) no more pay by the
week fl op-houses.
Get rid of the used car dealershipS and seedy
motels and fi x the road. (maintenance is unac-
ceptable)
Mixed use, like center st
more businesses
• Improve what is already there
• Gateways at Collins and Coopers aler ng the
public to the corridor and the used car auto mall
and related businesses.
• 1. We need a reason for people to come to the
center point “an a rac on at say 100 E through
300 E Division (see item 14) 2. Of course money
is needed. Land banking or can some of the
Tomorrow Fund be used as an investment that
“requires a return”.
• clean out all the trash and upgrade the zoning
• re-locate overhead u li es underground and
re-develop street and land scapes....begin land
acquisi ons for land banking and re-develop-
ment.
• Secure incen ve funds and implement the
Division Street Design Standards.
• spruce it up. Make it look a li le be er and add
something for visitors to do on their way to or
from entertain venues- also extra parking for
major events complete with transporta on to
event venue.
• reloca on program of out businesses or spruce
them up -more offi ce, density - employment
centers
• Make it look nice
• relocate or remove all the auto dealers and
bail bonds stores with sit down restaurants,
public transporta on pick-up/drop-off and small
business.
• I would bring in retail and restaurants to make
it an a rac on for not only residents, but also
tourists.
• Put a moratoreum on used-car dealerships, for
starters. They are a blight. Secondly, relocate
u li es. Thirdly, add sidewalks and landscaping.
It is not pedestrian-friendly, and it is not a rac-
ve.
• Mix of entertainment and shops. Extension of
downtown
• Make it a rac ve....more nicer looking.
• I would love to see more restaurant,small shops
and even some nice 0 lotline housing/apart-
ments or condos.
• Downtown area apartments, more entertain-
ment for younger people, posh resturants
• More law enforce ment. Small businesses. Parks.
• Level it completely and Zone it for Sports/
entertainment.
The responses above are stated exactly as they were provided by Ci zens.
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