{"id":807503,"date":"2020-05-15T16:35:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T22:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383412"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:35:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T22:35:58","slug":"frisco-considers-pedestrian-main-street-other-efforts-to-support-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/frisco-considers-pedestrian-main-street-other-efforts-to-support-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Frisco considers pedestrian Main Street, other efforts to support businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Main Street in Frisco pictured Thursday, May 14. Officials are considering turning the street into a pedestrian only area to increase foot traffic and tourism in Frisco.<\/strong>
Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

FRISCO \u2014 The town of Frisco is deep into conversations about how to effectively and safely open up Main Street this summer to help support local businesses, and to offer community members and visitors more opportunities for shopping and dining without risking their health.<\/p>\n

Last week, Frisco held its first Business Recovery Subcommittee meeting \u2014 a group composed of town council members, staff and representatives from the business community on Main Street and Summit Boulevard \u2014 with the ultimate goal of coming up with strategies to reengage residents and guests in the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal of this is to bring forward a proposal for the activation and animation of Main Street during the course of the summer,\u201d said Frisco council member Jessica Burley, who is heading the subcommittee for the town. \u201cWe know we\u2019re not going to have large events like our barbecue, at least in the timeframe it would typically take place. So we want to find ways to bring people to Main Street and allow businesses to operate in nontraditional ways so that they can still provide their goods and services to patrons in a very safe and physically distanced manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

While nothing has been decided on, Burley said the prevailing idea currently is to close off Main Street to vehicles, and open it up to pedestrians and bicyclists as a kind of large-scale outdoor market where existing businesses can set up in the public right of way. Deemed the \u201cFrisco Pomenade,\u201d the idea could piggyback and expand on the town\u2019s existing parklet program<\/a>, wherein miniature parks are placed in parking spots along Main Street in the summer for patrons to rest or dine.<\/p>\n

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