Nope. Nobody threw down Monday night at the Fulton Mall workshop. In fact, some were impressed by how non-buttholish everyone was. The main wow factor item unveiled was the Eight Fulton Mall Alternatives:
- Do nothing (hey, it's already budgeted)
- Restore it.
- Restore it and open up cross streets.
- Keep south and center closed.
- Keep the center closed.
- Reconnect to grid 1.0 (small street through the mall).
- Reconnect to grid 2.0 (bigger street).
- Reconnect to grid 3.0 (say bye bye to Fulton Mall).
Number two seems ideal to this blog, but number three sounds interesting too. Let's just hope it's not number one or eight and go from there. But really, if there was money to throw at the mall, our humble suggestion is to make living in and renovating spaces above the Fulton Mall, the easiest thing there ever was to accomplish ever in Fresno. Then get crackin' on fixing the mall part.
For those that missed the Fulton Mall workshop, lots of nerds bloggers were there Monday, even if one douchey nerd wasn't, to get you up to speed. We know that James already has a post up. Maybe Conlan? Those Beehivers probably will. Dumb Drum perhaps? Funny man Travis? Famous Whitewater is famous for Fulton talk. And Archop must have one coming.
The workshops continue tonight with "Limited Economic Resources: What is the Development Strategy for Fulton District, Cultural Arts District, South Stadium, Chinatown" ZZzzzzz ZZzzzzzz
