Downtown
Talk about a downtown with unlimited potential. Observe the wide well designed sidewalks that provide for the heavy foot traffic of daytime business men and women. Stand beneath towers of architectual beauty. The entire length of Kansas Avenue is lined with century old buildings, some occuppied and some vacant. For those occuppied spaces celebrate the restoration of a forgotten Topeka, and for those vacant spaces and structures envision what you may. Draw from your experience with other progressive cities or dream up your own unique vision for filling the void of vacancy to breath life and color back into the Topeka of today. Think positive with imagination and limitless possibilities. Solar panels on the tops of downtown buildings… bus lanes… bike lanes to encourage alternative forms of transportation… an arts revival and cultural resurgence that can provide new uses for existing spaces and structures. Topeka has the place, the fascade to house all these ideas of progressive potential. It is a matter of priority and that priority being placed back where towns and settlements started. Centralized hubs of entertainment and a concentration on a sustainable local economy are key ingredients to a quality, attractive, and progressive city. It is time for these downtown streets to bustle and be embraced once again.
