TONIGHT the Council must reject the construction of a huge, 11-story hotel, retail, office, housing complex at 4th, 5th and Arizona ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, and work to create an urban oasis of true, ground-level park space in the HEART of Downtown.

Last Thursday, at a Special Meeting of the Recreation and Parks Commission, our first since the pandemic, the Commission voted unanimously for the third time in four years to urge the Council to:

1) Abandon negotiations with the developer,

2) Build a true public park on public land at the site, and

3) Direct staff to explore ways a public-private partnership might raise the money for a park and the underground parking garage that could help pay for it.

Here’s why:

Read More: https://www.smdp.com/abandon-the-plaza/193380