An interesting article in Dayton Most Metro about Placemaking. While yearly events like Harvestfest, Winters Gathering and the Farmers Market definitely create a pleasurable and welcoming environment downtown for visitors, focus should be made on targeted improvements that provide year-round benefits like a theater, bike/golf cart lanes, expanded use of sidewalk space for street vendors and outdoor eating, speed bumps (to slow traffic through downtown and enhance safe pedestrian traffic)
Read now: Downtown + Placemaking = Vibrancy | Dayton MostMetro.
