5 Steps to Fast Track Downtown Revitalization
Imagine walking in downtown Santa Barbara on a beautiful afternoon, looking up to see vibrant new apartment windows where empty offices once stood.
Each of those conversions is a win for Santa Barbara because they bring more housing, more vitality, more foot traffic for small businesses, and fewer dead zones in the heart of our city.
It brings downtown back to life.
The City Council took an important first step when it unanimously passed the new adaptive reuse ordinance, which allows older commercial buildings to be repurposed into mixed-use and multifamily residences.
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