Downtowns

A new Maine Department of Transportation program aimed at transforming Maine downtowns into walkable, vibrant city centers may take on one of its biggest projects in Bangor.

Demand for apartments is high in downtowns such as Youngstown and Warren.

Hate to be that guy, but that description fits most downtowns of any city over a few hundred thousand.

I am proud that while downtowns suffered all across the country, we bounced back a lot better than many in terms of that vibrancy getting back in place, of businesses being open again.

I’ll say straight off: It’s not architecture for the ages, but it’s an interesting, high-end model of an urban quad and a good example of how struggling downtowns are finding a glimmer of hope as satellite campuses.

Like many big-city downtowns, Boston is still in the midst of its recovery after COVID.

Like other downtowns, Berkeley’s core took a beating in the early months of the pandemic, when many UC Berkeley students moved back home, and those at Berkeley High and Berkeley City College stayed home.

Renaissance Downtowns USA and ICO, Donald Monti, passionately addressed the Council during the meeting, stating that he has been trying to present to the Council for two years.

Cities across the United States have turned to office space conversion in recent years to combat high vacancies in their downtowns.

It's all about entertainment for their former sleepy downtowns and lots of beer and lots of live music.

That includes the addition of the Chatham-Kent Barnstormers IBL baseball team, two new indoor playgrounds, more public art, CCTV cameras in local downtowns, and a new park on Bear Line that will house a cricket pitch and an indoor tennis dome.

Unlike some cities that have struggled to bring back employees to their downtowns after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic four years ago, 87% of Colorado Springs’ downtown workers physically have returned to their places of employment, the group says.

Additional criteria not required to be evaluated in designated downtowns include floodways, streams, and shorelines.

Cities like Boston, San Francisco and Seattle have all done it — razed hulking, unsightly highways dividing the heart of their downtowns, pushed a new roadway underground and turned the space above into an urban paradise.

I believe that Act 250 should retain its limited jurisdiction in designated downtowns and neighborhoods.

The visuals are familiar: boarded-up homes, abandoned downtowns and shuttered factories.

BOSTON — They’re nestled amid bustling downtowns and tucked into nondescript strip malls across quiet suburbs.

Hamilton added that communities need to invest in their downtowns because, while they can be emulated, they are hard to replace.

Livability.com named Greenville third on its 2016 list of Top 10 downtowns citing its growth, economic climate, young professional influx, expanded housing options, rising population, affordability, diversity and around-theclock entertainment.

She spearheaded the effort to create Downtowns and hosted the first five Downtown Conferences.