Business View Civil and Municipal | February 2021

60 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL FEBRUARY 2021 ARCHITECTURE + INTERIORS | CIVIL ENGINEERING | CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES | INVESTIGATIVE | IT SOLUTIONS LAND SURVEYING | PLANNING + ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING | TRANSPORTATION | UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE www.structurepoint.com “We are in the middle of a significant public investment project where we are totally rebuilding all of our public infrastructure. It’s about a $23 million project, where we are demolishing all of the downtown infrastructure and replacing it with brand new– and moving from an automobile-centric culture to a pedestrian and gathering space culture.” The downtown revitalization is a project very close to the Mayor’s heart because it is something residents and municipal staff have been talking about since he started with the city almost 30 years ago. It was so important to him, he undertook what could have been an inconvenience to residents and employees during an election year and was still returned to office. Before the downtown revitalization started in May 2020, the public square was mostly roads dedicated to cars; it left very little room for pedestrians and what room there was left pedestrians in a dangerous situation. Now there are four public green spaces lined with