Economic Development Strategy | Fayetteville Street sits at heart of Downtown Raleigh Alliance plans to revitalize City of Oaks [Video]

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A plan to revitalize Raleigh’s downtown core was brought to city leaders for the first time Tuesday.

Several months ago, Downtown Raleigh Alliance (DRA) tasked urban design consultant Interface Studios with creating a comprehensive plan that could reshape the core of the city.

These recommendations to reshape the core of the city are part of DRA’s economic development strategy.

Last Thursday, DRA and the City of Raleigh released the first set of recommendations for that strategy. Their focus was to position Fayetteville Street as the city’s new main street.

“We want to turn downtown Raleigh back into the magnet that it was a couple of years ago,” said Pam Blondin, owner of The Deco, one block from Fayetteville Street.

Blondin was one of the business owners who served on the project’s advisory committee. She said it all comes back to turning Fayetteville Street into North Carolina’s Main Street.

“To try to highlight and attract North Carolina …