Littleton to enhance central streetscape, mobility through Project Downtown

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@CORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Boasting art, food, entertainment, local business, culture and more, downtown Littleton is the heart of the city’s community for many. rough Project Downtown, formerly known as the Downtown Mobility and Streetscape Improvements Plan, the City of Littleton is embarking on a years-long process to improve the downtown area for the future.

e project will provide a col- lective framework for long-term improvements related to mobility, placemaking, pedestrian safety, streetscape and green infrastructure.

“We’ve been at this for several years, at this juncture,” said Public Works Director Keith Reester at a study session on July 25. “We knew we were at the point where we needed to do something with downtown. We knew that the Denver Water project was coming. And so our alignment with council (was) to get to a place where we could lay out decision-making not just for the short term, but the long term.” e cost of in ation and the cost of school supplies just seem to weigh really heavy on the families that we serve here.” e Doctors Care drive took place outside their o ces on Littleton Boulevard, where a Kona Ice truck was parked o ering free shaved ice, and a professional face painter was set up for the kids.

Project Downtown’s timeline will purposefully overlap with a largescale water line project on Main Street that’s anticipated to begin in 2025, said Adrienne Burton, the senior project manager for Project Littleton. e teams hope to coordinate schedules to minimize construction impacts to businesses and property owners.

Bebe Kleinman, the CEO of Doctors Care, felt it was the right time for the inaugural event.

“It felt like the right thing to do coming out of the pandemic,” she said. “Families want to get out to each other and talk to each other.

Families were able to pick up free backpacks and gift cards until supplies ran out, which did not take long, as demand for the event exceeded expectations.

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