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“Extreme Makeover” - Montana Edition

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Thursday, March 6, 2008   

Missoula, MT – Missoula is looking for ideas on how to revamp its city center, and instead of depending on experts to tell the city how to do it, they're asking residents for design ideas. George Crandall is with the architectural firm that will tabulate public input. He says letting residents be the experts is a recipe for success.

"It has to be their plan because they are the advocates who carry it forward. Unless the public is intimately involved, these plans don't get implemented."

Crandall says pretty walkways, lots of retail fronting the streets, plentiful parking and a downtown outdoor meeting space are central themes in other cities, but no specific designs for Missoula will be presented until the "votes" on what people like and don't like are tabulated.

"It's a way where we can track the public's support. They then can be confident that the plan that emerges is truly their own."

The first meeting is tonight. Crandall says they'll showcase successful downtowns in other states to help generate ideas, and those attending the meeting are encouraged to bring pictures of their favorite downtowns. Several Montana cities are watching the process closely as they consider their own downtown master plans.


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