Consultants Recommend New Development to 'Polish the Apple' in Wheaton
City consultants present "vision" for downtown Wheaton plan that includes leveraging public improvements to elevate the area in the suburban market and pursuing opportunities for new development south of the train tracks.
City consultants shared on Monday a "vision" for downtown Wheaton that focuses on leveraging public improvements to elevate it in the suburban market and pursuing new development south of the train tracks. Downtown Wheaton is already in good shape, Design Workshop Associate Britt Palmberg told City Council. All the city really needs to do is "polish the apple." Palmberg presented findings to the council from evaluations of the city's traffic, public input and infrastructure, and a market study of downtown Wheaton that helped them form their proposed vision. The vision includes recommendations to pursue development south of the Metra tracks in keeping with the scale of existing development, prioritize short-term and long-term improvements …
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1:55 pm on Thursday, January 31, 2013
1. Stores need to be open on Sunday and beyond 10-5. It's a ghost town. As a family, we spend plenty of money in towns that are open for business. 2. There's no parking for employees all up and down Front, Hale and Main. The time limits on spaces cause employees to move their cars every few hours to avoid a ticket. 3. Make the parking space between Hale and Main a multi-story (>3) parking lot, … more ›