In Great Downtowns...

Projects for Public Space www.pps.org

Great downtowns fill cities with life. You can tell a city is healthy if it has a vital downtown full of public activity. In PPS's work for downtowns, they helps spark revitalization by finding ways for this vitality to emerge. Their Placemaking approach goes beyond the typical downtown master planning process: It enables city staff as well as residents to focus on improving the places that are most important to them and build a planning framework around key actions. The process rejuvenates downtowns and catalyzes improvements by both the public sector and its private partners.

Imagine, for instance, a park bordered on one side by a commercial street and on another by a public library. These urban elements work together to form a single place, yet in a typical downtown that area would likely be managed by a number of public entities. Instead of a unified approach to the place, several different city agencies employ a piecemeal approach, each operating within the boundaries of its professional discipline.

But if we look upon these elements as interrelated components of a single place, we create more opportunities for local people and different public entities to jointly create a vision of what's best for the downtown. How can the street, park, library, and businesses support and strengthen each other? What do business owners, library employees, and residents envision for the area? By actively observing and listening to the people who live or work or play in the area, the answers to what the place needs will become apparent.

DIA Annual Report

The 2007 DIA Annual Report is available for viewing online.

New Board of Directors

David Askew, Askew’s Foods
Roger Ayles, C2 Properties
Tanja Carlson, Community Futures of the Shuswap
Tim Giandomenico, Prestige Harbourfront Resort
Terry Isenbecker, Century 21 Lifestyles
Bryan Kassa, Partners in Financial Planning
Bill Laird, WH Laird Holdings
David Magnien, Property Owner
Rob Marshall, Pharmasave
Joan Sholinder, Lakeside Insurance
Faye Smith, Shoes N’ Such
Michael Wagner, Salmon Arm Savings and Credit Union

Public Washrooms

The public washrooms are now open in the Ross Street Plaza
from approximately 8am to 6pm.

Do you have comment about the newly opened Ross Street Plaza? How you used the facility, have you driven by? Do you have suggestion or opportunities on how it can be more fully utilized as a community facility? Please forward your comment to info@salmonarmdowntown.com

358 Alexander Street NE
PO Box 1928
Salmon Arm, BC
V1E 4P9
Phone: 250 832-5440
Fax: 250 832-5039
E-mail: info@salmonarmdowntown.com