[Vision2020] Moscow Central Business District

[Jeff Harkins]

Thanks to a couple of offlist posts, there is a 
concensus of two that identifies the "downtown" 
or Central Business District as the area bounded 
by 1st to 6th Streets and Jackson to Jefferson.

Anyone have a problem or a concern about this definition?

This bounded area would equate to a bit more than 
.5 miles long (say .6) by a bit less than .5 
miles wide (say .4 miles) for a total square mile 
area of about .24 to .25 square miles.  Does this 
seem a reasonable calculation?

At 10:33 PM 3/17/2006, you wrote:
>Visionaires,
>
>Over the past several months, there has been 
>much talk about saving the downtown business 
>district (saving it from what is not entirely 
>clear to me, but apparently there is some 
>concern about this.)  Some have referred to this 
>as the "core business district".  The New Cities 
>group identified one strategy focused on 
>providing new residential development within one 
>mile of  "downtown".  They also identified 
>another possible action as "Stake the social and 
>economic future on the 'New Frontier' to keep 
>Downtown Moscow the heart of the community.
>
>What I am struggling with are the geographic 
>boundaries of the "core business district" or 
>"downtown Moscow". Have the city planning and 
>zoning groups defined these boundaries?  Has the 
>city defined them?  Is there any official 
>mapping of this zone?  If there is no specific 
>official designation, is there some defined area 
>that those of you that use the term "downtown Moscow" have in mind?
>
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