Common Councillor Blake Armstrong’s idea for temporary pedestrian streets uptown is being studied.
He’s proposed closing parts of some streets to vehicles on weekend nights or for special events as a way to get more people into the entertainment district.
Some Canterbury Street business owners are open to the idea. Shannon Merrifield, at the Buckland Merrifield Gallery, told the Telegraph-Journal pedestrian streets coupled with uptown events is a natural marriage which could draw hundreds of people to the area.