Las Vegas Is Taking Homeowners Downtown

It takes more than stores and office buildings to revitalize a tired downtown. Las Vegas is implementing a strategy that is also a trend for many cities in the western U.S. -- building housing downtown.

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December 27, 2000, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Cities across the West are learning from eastern cities such as Baltimore, Boston and Jacksonville, Fla., that bringing back tired downtowns takes more than stores and office buildings. It takes people living downtown - shopping, eating and seeking entertainment on the same streets where they work...The coin of the new urbanism is mixed use housing, retail, entertainment and offices all downtown and it's catching on in the West."

Thanks to Dan Tasman

FULL STORY: Las Vegas is taking homeowners downtown

Tuesday, December 26, 2000 in USA Today

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