Market-rate rentals a growing option Downtown

[Captain Zissou]

Well... maybe they took your advice because we're spending $25M on a brand new riverfront park.  That should turn things around.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

I'm pretty sure it's been mentioned maybe a time or two on this site, but I fixed it for you regardless....

stop focusing on companies vehicular traffic and start focusing on humans foot traffic... we would be much further along.

[Kerry]

I'm pretty sure it's been mentioned maybe a time or two on this site, but I fixed it for you regardless....

stop focusing on companies vehicular traffic and start focusing on humans foot traffic... we would be much further along.

That is just an extension of what I said.  This isn't a chicken and egg debate.  Build a place for humans (which includes foot traffic) and businesses will follow.  It doesn't work the other away around (build for corporations and humans move nearby).  Throwing dollars at larger employers to locate downtown IS NOT resulting in more downtown housing.  All theses companies do is build giant parking lots/garages and their employees commute from the suburbs.  No one is relocating just to be closer to their employer because they were already commuting before their employer moved.  Hell, Aetna moved to the Southside to be closer to their employees - who ALL still drive to work.