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The diversion of heavy traffic around small downtowns can be both a blessing and a curse. By-passes take heavy traffic off the roads through downtowns.
But they also create new commercial strips that -- if nothing is done -- drain the commercial life from the downtown.
That's why it's interesting to see how Carson City, NV is meeting this challenge. The new by-pass opens in 2010. A downtown consortium has formed to accelerate downtown development as a mixed use district.
You can read more about their efforts here.
Here's what the promoters of downtown hope to accomplish: View a picture.
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