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DEL.ICIO.USDowntown Fayetteville — A good walking place?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When I think about where I’d like to retire, I imagine a couple of settings.
One is at pretty much any beach. The other is a walkable community. I really like the thought of being able to step outside my front door and walk to the grocery store, a restaurant, the dry cleaner — just about any place.
To tell the truth, I wish Fayetteville was more of a walking community. I’d love to see the Main Street area enlarged to include outdoor cafes, art stores and maybe some boutiques. In its current state, there just are many places I’d want to walk to.
If Fayetteville did have a large and walkable downtown, would you use it? What kind of stores would you like to see? Or do you think that Fayetteville and Fayette County is simply too car-oriented to make a walkable downtown a success?
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By elimu kiongozi
March 2, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this
Abby,
I agree, Fayetteville, is not a walking neighborhood. I would like to walk to the grocery store, coffee house, movies, etc.. Readers, please contact your elected officials and request more sidewalks.
By Tim
March 2, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this
We just moved to Fayetteville late last year. We appreciate the downtown area as we drive through it but unfortunately, as Abby points out, we definitely don’t have a sense that we could get out and experience downtown. We would love to be able to do that. Local coffee shops (not Starbuck’s) and specialty stores would draw us in for sure…
By Morgan
March 2, 2007 10:49 AM | Link to this
My wife and I would definitely walk to downtown, as would many others. Downtown Fayetteville is the perfect little quaint area to make this work. Last year, there was an attempt to get this started by adding a new restaurant to one of the many vacant lots on the downtown square. The Fayetteville City Council backed down against an attorney who operates on the square. Apparently, he was afraid of the lack of parking downtown…so the whole thing was quashed. What a shame.