by: Vicky O. Misa (The Shawnee News-Star)
Shawnee City Commission this week took another step toward revitalizing Shawnee’s downtown district as they approved a brand new policy Monday. The effort to increase social interaction comes in the form of parklets.
Community Development Director Justin DeBruin explained the idea to the board this week.
“For those who don’t know what a parklet is, it’s essentially taking two or three parking spaces — in our case downtown — and converting those into a platform for extended pedestrian use,” he said. “The parklet spaces would have things like plantings, benches, seats, tables and umbrellas, really to extend the public use out into the public right-of-way.”
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