Marquette is among the cities looking into adding parklets to its downtown streets, according to a report from the city of Grand Rapids.
Excerpt: Parklets are growing in popularity across the nation as businesses, organizations and city residents are becoming more actively involved in improving quality of life in cities big and small through citizen-led, low-cost means of Placemaking…
Retail businesses and downtown development authorities are generally in favor of parklets in downtown locations because of the concentration of people that they attract.
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Source: Michigan State University Extension
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