{"id":38811,"date":"2025-07-16T11:30:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/downtown-revival-sparks-frustration-whats-stalling-progress\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T11:30:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:30:33","slug":"downtown-revival-sparks-frustration-whats-stalling-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/downtown-revival-sparks-frustration-whats-stalling-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Revival Sparks Frustration \u2014 What\u2019s Stalling Progress?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kArmW09bXNM?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>A small city is working to breathe new life into its downtown, but not without debate. As leaders push to revitalize long-vacant storefronts, updated zoning rules are raising questions from local property owners. Some business types\u2014like larger service-based shops\u2014are now restricted in the core commercial district, while others remain welcome. City leaders say they\u2019re focused on building a vibrant, family-friendly destination, but some stakeholders are calling for clearer communication and a more transparent long-term plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small city is working to breathe new life into its downtown, but not without debate. As leaders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":38812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}