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Planning commission agrees to research on keeping storefronts active amid institutional expansion
Summary
Commissioners asked staff to research how comparable towns manage institutional expansion into downtown areas and to report back, with an eye toward the upcoming comprehensive plan review.
The Lexington Planning Commission agreed to ask staff to research how towns of similar size handle the presence and expansion of large institutions in downtown areas, after one commissioner raised concerns that institutional leases could reduce street-level retail and restaurant space.
At the start of the discussion, a commissioner said the goal would be to “look and see how other towns, in the Carolinas, in Tennessee, New Jersey” have managed similar issues. Commissioners clarified…
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