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Case Study : Stronger Social And Entertainment Center

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Stronger social and entertainment center. It may be possible to attract more residents Downtown to activities and events, getting them to understand and support businesses there, by improving gathering spaces. It also might be possible to increase or improve local events that attract people from outside the community. Events that are based around a well-crafted and marketed community brand should be pursued (e.g., Mountain Bike Festival and festivals based around a recreation theme and a recreation-oriented brand). Burning Mountain Park is a sizable space. However, there are features of the park and it surroundings that limit its usability. Overtime, it might be possible to expand the park and redesign it to increase use and impact …show more content…

They are regularly stocked and customers enter with the swipe of a credit card and make a selection and purchase from the stocked items. There may be opportunities to work with solid businesses throughout the area that would like to have a pop-up outlet in New Castle. There may be opportunities to add on-line shopping into an exciting entertainment and cultural activity center or to take advantage of cooperative retail arrangement that bring together small retails throughout the area under one roof Downtown. Some existing structures in downtown could be adapted to provide smaller spaces. In some cases, the Town might consider pop-up space that can be provided outside of existing buildings in a cost-effective manner. This approach might be for consideration until a commercial market matures Downtown, thereby prompting permanent redevelopment solutions. The idea would be to help businesses grow, get familiar with Downtown. As they mature, they become future tenants for new redevelopment projects, which require such tenants to be successful. Example of Pop-Up Entertainment and Retail Commercial Activity 7. Long-Term Parking Normally, limited parking is problematic because it is costly to expand the number of parking spaced in a downtown area. However, this is not the case in New Castle. Because Main Street is actually a highway, it is 64 feet wide Downtown. It now provides four 12-foot wide travel lanes and two 8-foot parallel parking

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