Option 3: Redevelop Central Cities
Blighted core areas of central cities and rural main streets are rehabilitated to lessen the development pressure for expanding urban uses on the rural-urban fringe.
Pros for Option 3:
• Not as much space
• Renewable resource
• Fuel community service
• Less costly
• Less wasted money
• Brings people into town
• Keeps historical landmarks
• Cheaper
• More pedestrian friendly
• Keeps culture
• Well constructed structures
• Improve roads
• More revenue
• Culture/educational
• Keeps economy growing
• Keeps town alive
• Job opportunities
• Boost economy
• Reduce crime
• Utilize existing buildings
• Keeps a transition zone
• Makes businesses move
• Improve moral
• Assistance to schools would increase
• More opportunities
Cons for Option 3:
• Parking
• More traffic
• Control types of business
• Displaces people/low income housing
• More crime
• Very limited
• Creates less growth
• Cause social issues in youth
• No space to improve drastically
• Only focused on the inner city
• Change in culture
• Change s property value
• Lose country culture to city culture
• Becomes expensive
• Increase taxes
• Trash, litter, pollution
• Accidents