California City's Ambitious Downtown Revival

Fresno, CA, is hoping a new baseball stadium and plans for $120 million courthouse and a $200 million medical center will revitalize its downtown.

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June 8, 2002, 10:00 AM PDT

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

"For too long, the streets of downtown Fresno have had that sad, toothless look of so many downtowns in midsize cities across the country. Like so many of those cities, Fresno has tried to lure business and commerce back, only to find that an aging downtown could not compete with the corporate parks and hermetically sealed shopping centers on the edge of town... The city plans to spend $30 million over the next eight years to entice businesses and create thousands of jobs... Fresno is the heart of the fast-growing San Joaquin Valley, home of some of the richest farmland in the world...One of the most ambitious plans for downtown is to resurrect the 15 blocks of Chinatown."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: A California Downtown Is Poised for a Comeback

Saturday, June 8, 2002 in The New York Times

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