GREAT CITIES DO NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT
CREATING PLACE AND PROSPERITY REQUIRES PATIENCE
Now that improvements have been made, it is much safer to cross the Western Avenue corridor in South Bend, Ind. - thanks, in part, to the addition of wider sidewalks.
“Western
Avenue has been a hub for the Latino community for 25 years.
With the
corridor improvements, everything survived the pandemic.
If anything,
more businesses got started in that area during or immediately post pandemic,” Centellas
said.
Centellas
said it is much safer to cross Western Avenue with the traffic calming and
sidewalk improvements.
He said, for
example, that his favorite Mexican restaurant is on one side of the street and
his favorite paletas joint is on the other and now there’s no deterrent of
dangerous traffic to deter him from visiting both the same day.
“It’s been
almost a decade and today’s Western Avenue has a lot to offer.
There are
several great Latinx restaurants, grocery stores, apparel shops,” he said,
noting the city also made grants available for improving facades.
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