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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno metropolis leaders privation the public's input connected erstwhile they should bring backmost an Art Hop, similar a thoroughfare market, to Fulton Street.
It was 1 of the ideas discussed by Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer during Thursday's State of Downtown event.
The yearly lawsuit focuses connected what's to travel for Fresno's downtown district, but besides the advancement that's already been made.
During the event, Dyer showed renderings that assistance to showcase what Mariposa Plaza should soon look like, arsenic the metropolis spends millions of dollars and focuses heavy connected the district.
The country is present nether operation and fenced off, but leaders envision the country arsenic a lively spot with places for radical to gather.
"I would accidental 5 oregon 10 years ago, we were truly successful the readying process. Now you're starting to spot impervious of immoderate of those plans," Dyer said.
Dyer besides said that betwixt the Mariposa Plaza project, plans for housing, and a absorption connected Fulton Street, there's a batch coming to Downtown Fresno.
"Great cities person large downtowns, and erstwhile you person radical surviving Downtown, it creates that 24-hour atmosphere," Dyer said.
He says close now, metropolis crews are moving connected sewer and h2o upgrades. He says that without that infrastructure being built, radical won't beryllium capable to unrecorded successful much spots successful Downtown.
The absorption of the metropolis isn't conscionable astir gathering caller spaces. Dyer announced a survey for Fresnans to determine erstwhile a thoroughfare market, similar the marketplace that popped up during Art Hop, should travel backmost to Fulton Street. Dyer wants radical to determine betwixt the archetypal Friday oregon the archetypal Thursday of each month. Thursday would enactment up with Art Hop, but Friday would bring radical into Downtown connected a caller night.
"You privation to person a downtown that is thriving and nary 1 wants to spell to a downtown that's dying," Dyer said.
The event, portion looking guardant to the future, also honors those who are already making a quality successful Downtown. Fabio Linares, with the store the Bad Kids Club, was honored for immoderate of the enactment helium does to spotlight tiny businesses successful the downtown area.
"Downtown has really, truly provided them that. The background, right? The scenery for america to beryllium originative and physique that assemblage up," Linares said aft winning the award.
To reply the survey, click here.
