The civic group that has fought City
government to prevent a new shopping center at the edge of Little Falls -- a
mile from its downtown business center --has proposed an alternative re-development
for Downtown. According to a page one story in the Little Falls Evening
Times, the group Main Street First wants the city to update the 30 year-old
"shopper's square" building in the center of the city, rather than supporting
the sprawl-inducing plan for the municipal-owned "Quarry" property the edge of
town.
At a March 11 public meeting in the city
school district's historic Benton Hall, more than 100 residents heard details
of the plan, which supporters say is based on Smart Growth principles first
recommended to Main Street First in late 2009 by Peter Fleischer of Empire
State Future.
A large "destination" super market and
the right balance of commercial and residential development downtown is the
goal of the plan's originator, David Dardzinski, according to the article.
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