Consultants unveil Northside downtown streetscape concept emphasizing walkability and public space

City consultants presented the Northside Downtown Streetscape concept at the Aug. 5 work session, laying out a plan to shift Main Street alignment and create a curbless, pedestrian-priority civic spine centered on Temple Street. The plan, which grew from a 2021 Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) study and a March community design workshop, calls for two-way traffic on a flush street, angled and parallel parking, generous sidewalks, street trees, a "great lawn" (Goldminer's Green), a grove and pavilion, a playground adjacent to the Gold Way shared-use trail, and a fountain plaza at Temple and Carroll.