Following the May 28, 2024, Newberry City Commission meeting, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board convened briefly to hear an educational presentation by CRA Executive Director Bryan Thomas. The focus was on the collaboration with Downtown Strategies, a firm specializing in revitalizing small to mid-sized cities that function independently of larger metropolitan areas.
“Downtown Strategies is a group that collaborates with small towns to mid-sized cities up to 250,000 people that are generally independent of larger metropolitan areas,” said Thomas. He emphasized that these communities’ downtown areas serve as primary social and economic hubs.
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