Ordinance Promotes Pedestrian-Friendly Streets

Davidson, a north Mecklenburg town known for its strict controls on commercial development, will soon have a two-story convenience store with no gasoline pumps in front...A two-story building helps provide a stronger sense of scale at the street edge and creates a much better pedestrian environment...A 50-acre tract across the street from the convenience store eventually will become a mixed-use development and likely will generate more pedestrian traffic to the store..."