Based on market analysis findings of many communities, coupled with business examples being submitted to the University of Wisconsin-Extension’s Innovative Downtown Business online clearinghouse, 10 broad categories of retail are emerging as good fits for downtown. These can include both chains and independents and should be considered when downtown develops its business expansion and recruitment wish list, the university’s community business development specialist Bill Ryan writes in this month’s Perspectives column.
Read what those ten themes are in his column here: http://www.DowntownDevelopment.com/perspectives.php
(from Downtown Digest)
