Richardson | October 2022

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City ocials said development will provide a built-in clientele for expanding the existing number of businesses downtown. A CORE AREA REBUILDING

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the ongoing McKinney Street rehabil- itation project; a series of urban parks across the street from Belt + Main; and the $80 million public safety campus for the city’s police and re depart- ments that opened in 2021. Local neighborhoods are also excited to experience the eects of the remodeled historic downtown, citing the new shops and the rebuilt Main Street additions. “Everything I hear from residents [is that] they like the updated streets and the new ‘feel’ of the Belt + Main development,” said Clinton Bell, pres- ident of the Highland Terrace Neigh- borhood Association. Richardson City Manager Don Mag- ner said the addition of Belt + Main is a “puzzle piece” in providing eco- nomic growth in the historic down- town area. “We need that downtown area to be a place where people can live, work in and ultimately play,” Magner said. Developing Belt + Main Belt + Main has been in develop- ment since 2018, when it was known as the Gateway to the Core. Pitched to the city at the same time

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as the Downtown infrastructure proj- ects, Belt + Main was developed as a means of building a major residential and commercial project in the heart of historic downtown. The residential portion of the development is set to bring around 1,000 new residents to the area, according to Rutherford.

Magner said he believes the devel- opment will serve as a proof of con- cept for similar mixed-use projects in Richardson. “The project will bring new retail and amenities to the downtown area that otherwise wouldn’t have come,” Magner said. “In addition, it’s going to provide a built-in customer

clientele from the residents that are going to live in the development.” Economic growth in downtown One of the goals of Belt + Main is to reinvigorate downtown’s eco- nomic growth, city ocials said. The rebuilding of Main Street has been a city priority since 2009, Magner said.

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