Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program, Washington, DC
It’s been terrific to observe and report on America’s great downtown comebacks, quite clearly a trend at this point. The latest set of facts I have run across concerns Milwaukee, courtesy of the very well-written blog Urban Engagement Webcity.
The story cites progressive zoning changes that dramatically boosted downtown housing and the removal of a downtown freeway segment that opened up land for walkable development, both attributed to the leadership of former mayor John Norquist.