Comments on: Leading-Edge Urban Innovators: Joe Cortright on Talent http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2010/02/leading-edge-urban-innovators-joe-cortright-on-talent/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:52:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2010/02/leading-edge-urban-innovators-joe-cortright-on-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-11940 Aaron Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:06:40 +0000 http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/?p=4366#comment-11940 You could create a miniature town square park in place of the parking lot. Colorado Springs downtown has a park (Acacia) about the size of the OS parking lot that has a playground and splash park in it with lots of trees. Retail surrounds the park on the west and south edges. Here's a bird eye of it: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=acacia+park,+colorado+springs&sll=38.835813,-104.818915&sspn=0.006368,0.016383&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=Acacia+Park&hnear=Acacia+Park,+Colorado+Springs,+CO+80903&ll=38.83718,-104.821238&spn=0.00308,0.008191&t=h&z=18 You could create a miniature town square park in place of the parking lot. Colorado Springs downtown has a park (Acacia) about the size of the OS parking lot that has a playground and splash park in it with lots of trees. Retail surrounds the park on the west and south edges.

Here’s a bird eye of it:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=acacia+park,+colorado+springs&sll=38.835813,-104.818915&sspn=0.006368,0.016383&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=Acacia+Park&hnear=Acacia+Park,+Colorado+Springs,+CO+80903&ll=38.83718,-104.821238&spn=0.00308,0.008191&t=h&z=18

]]> By: Interested observer http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2010/02/leading-edge-urban-innovators-joe-cortright-on-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-11937 Interested observer Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:57:40 +0000 http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/?p=4366#comment-11937 just dont try to walk to a neighborhood grocery in the Square anytime soon. maybe a skatepark, there? anybody? just dont try to walk to a neighborhood grocery in the Square anytime soon.

maybe a skatepark, there?

anybody?

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