Middle St Al Fresco

Idea:

Allow sidewalk dining on Middle St across from Fuse Bistro. Build a parklet in front the building to show that the ground floor space is in too good of a location to be wasted as office space. I believe Enterprise Bank owns the building. They can move the offices to vacant upper floors elsewhere in [Read more…]

Benefit:

Let's make Middle Street THE dining spot in greater Lowell and make it known that ground floor residential and office space in DTL has a negative effect on business. This will show potential restaurant investors what is possible in that location.

Location:

Downtown / JAM, OldIdea.

Dutton St Do-Over

Idea:

Construct a weekend curb extension at the corner of Dutton and Market streets in front of the old Merrimack Rug/new Flower Mill. Allow on-street parking from the Club Diner to the curb extension and from Haffner’s to the corner of Dutton and Broadway Street.

Benefit:

This will slow down the speeds of cars and shorten the distance for pedestrians when crossing Dutton Street, making it more safe. Allowing on-street parking will be a boon for those businesses on Dutton St. Businesses on both sides of Dutton St will see that "bridging" the neighborhood is mutually [Read more…]

Location:

Downtown / JAM, OldIdea.