I am not sure who you are but you have obviously put a lot of time into this and signed up on this site for the purpose of making your ideas public.
I will respectfully disagree that a substantial amount of money should be spent on anything in the downtown area. The vast majority of taxpayers in the city never go into that area and see no benefit from the spending there.
The $10,000,000 spent on the Colonial Theater is a waste of money. If it is ever completed what percentage of taxpayers will ever go there? The Holy Grail people who bought the Church and spent $1,000,000 went out of business. Most of the businesses in the downtown area are just hanging on because of a lack of customers. Continuing to spend money in this area does not seem to be a good investment.
Is it really necessary to spend millions in an attempt to have an active thriving downtown that people who pay 95% of the taxes will never go to?
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