Help Create A New Montgomery

Dover Kohl and Partners, the design firm hired by the city for more than $300,000 kicks off its weeklong visit here Friday, and they want input from Montgomery residents. They want to know if you would paint the town purple, ban all traffic lights or maybe sell cotton candy on every street corner. Whatever it is, Dover Kohl and Partners want to hear it. "What we will then do is take all the different ideas and refine those ideas throughout the week to create one unified plan."

The design team has already presented a housing analysis to city council predicting potential for approximately 2,600 households in downtown.

Residents are invited to participate in a weeklong planning session beginning Friday. The purpose is to make downtown Montgomery livable and walkable for everyone. Here are the events:

Friday: Community kick-off presentation at Troy University Montgomery's Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Saturday: Hands-on design session at Lockhart Gym, Alabama State University, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sunday through Wednesday: Open design studio at 2 Dexter Ave., 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday, 9 to 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday

Thursday: Work-in-progress presentation. Location: Davis Theatre, Troy University Montgomery. Time: 6:30 to 9 p.m.

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