Midland’s Downtown Development Authority is already looking toward its future – specifically, its future beyond 2025.
MIDLAND, Mich. (WJRT) – The 2024 season is not yet over for Downtown Midland’s The Commons Pedestrian Plaza, but the Downtown Development Authority is already looking toward its future – specifically, its future beyond 2025 – and invites the public to weigh in on the topic via a new survey on E-City Hall.
Since 2020, the Pedestrian Plaza has provided a two-block, vehicle-free area of Main Street for expanded shopping, dining, gathering, and events each summer.
In 2022, the Midland City Council gave multi-year approval to renew the Pedestrian Plaza annually from early June to late September through the 2025 season; however, whether the Pedestrian Plaza continues or stops after 2025 has not been decided.
The surveyasks residents and visitors about their experiences in the Pedestrian Plaza in 2024 as well as their opinions on …