"Suburban Rosemount, surrounded by highways, strip malls and vast parking lots, hopes to transform its downtown by combining the best features of historic business districts" with a mixed-use, "new urbanism" feel, the Star Tribute reports.
"The idea is to create a denser, more pedestrian-friendly downtown with plenty of independent shops and restaurants, as well as apartments and condos."
Local officials have hired a development team to come up with plans for such a center, which the city wants to transform into a gathering place, instead of simply a place where people drive, park, run an errand and then leave.
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