CLEARWATER — The perennial question of what to do with downtown Clearwater is getting another workout this week
A group of seven experts with the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit education and research group based in Washington, D.C., has spent the week immersing themselves in the city’s downtown.
They’ve seen a mix of promising activity and empty storefronts. They’ve interviewed about 100 people, meeting with all of downtown’s major players — business owners, landlords, government officials, the Church of Scientology, the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and the Capitol Theatre.