Downtown's advocates marshaling resources

Officials say downtown Great Falls is on the right path to becoming a vibrant area where people live, work and shop, but it still has more work to do.

About 100 downtown business owners and community members gathered Thursday night at the Art of Downtown Revitalization meeting, with the goal to continue down that path.

The meeting was a continuation of Imagine Downtown, which last met about a year ago.

Brent Campbell, transportation engineer with WGM Group of Missoula, said Great Falls' downtown is off to a good start. A master plan for the area could help with issues such as parking, traffic flow and creating a link between the River's Edge Trail and downtown, he said.

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