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Council discusses downtown vision and metrics; staff points to meals-tax and cell‑phone data for measuring vitality
Summary
Staff briefed council on defining an economic development vision for downtown and the Crescent District, showed meals-tax trends and Placer AI mobility data, and recommended choosing measurable success metrics and tools for implementation.
Town staff presented options for defining a downtown economic-vision at the May 12 work session and offered tools to measure success, including meals-tax receipts and third-party mobility analytics.
The presentation framed the downtown Business District (core historic H‑1) and the adjacent Crescent District, which recently underwent a master-plan update. Staff told the council that decisions about the downtown's future should balance "maintaining the historic character of Leesburg" with questions about whether the town…
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