WE LOVE DOWNTOWN
AND WE WANT TO SEE IT GET BETTER. WE TALK ABOUT IT A LOT. WE DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A GREAT LOCATION…
The changes and updates continue, as evidenced by the three-day parklet and popup market on California Street in September that drew rave reviews. “That was so awesome. If that’s the writing on the wall for things to come, I’d be so excited,” Breedlove says of the project that was coordinated by Shasta Living Streets, Enjoy magazine and Cascade Square developer Craig Kraffert. Breedlove says he’d gladly sacrifice a parking space in front of Shameless O’Leery’s for a permanent parklet in the hopes it would add to the walkability of downtown.
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“Downtown Redding has embraced the idea of complete streets,” says Truitt, and that philosophy is revealed in new pathways and traffic patterns that are friendlier to pedestrians and bicyclists. Efforts to create a more people-friendly downtown have not gone unappreciated at the Damburger, a downtown institution that has been serving up burgers and fries from its Placer Street location since 1962. “I do see an effort by businesses to try and make downtown an attractive place to be,” says4 continued on page 24