I think the applicants went over and beyond the expectations of the commission. ... The building will complement downtown Mystic development historically and economically.
It is going to be an integral part of the downtown ASU campus.
We're excited about the opportunity to host the Sally League meetings in Greenville, and look forward to taking the visiting team representatives on a tour of beautiful downtown Greenville and the new West End Stadium site.
We're excited about it because they're very well known in the community and they do a great job, and they could bring 30,000 to 50,000 people to downtown every year.
There is a growing awareness of downtown as one of our primary assets -- that it's an economic driver and one of the reasons people live here.
The purpose is to facilitate right turns off the Memorial Bridge for people heading to the downtown area. The work done for the cut-through had a specific purpose, and it was done by the state. This is a city project that will enhance the work done by the state.
The people we're looking for don't really frequent the bars of downtown now, ... We're marketing mostly for business professionals.
It is a milestone today, and it is an important turning point. We will do more with this legislation than change the look of downtown. ... we're going to change the feel of downtown and some of the dynamics of downtown.
It is a wonderful job the committee volunteers have done getting the downtown refurbished after the hurricanes.
I think there's a strong argument that it ought not to be located in downtown Washington because of the desire to have some distance, you know, between ourselves and some other buildings,