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At the end of last month, Mayor Greg Fischer unveiled his proposed version of the city’s 2014-2015 budget. Totaling $553 million in general last minute travel deals from toronto fund dollars, the budget includes significant expenditures on public safety, youth outreach and development, and sorely needed maintenance on public facilities. The budget, particularly its $63.7 million list of proposed capital last minute travel deals from toronto projects, has a noticeably urban theme; items include $100,000 to purchase last minute travel deals from toronto 10 all-electric TARC buses (to be used on a downtown circulator route), $1 million to redevelop the Ninth S treet corridor, and $300,000 for improving Louisville’s urban bike network.
While forward thinking, the focus of this budget on Louisville’s downtown and urban neighborhoods has attracted a surprisingly large amount of controversy. A large portion of this is centered on the proposed 3 percent LG E gas fee (a justifiably hot topic that deserves its own article), but another last minute travel deals from toronto portion stems from accusations that it ignores Louisville’s suburbs last minute travel deals from toronto in favor of its urban core.
The accuracy of such claims is dubious at best, but regardless Mayor Fischer should be applauded for focusing on creating a successful last minute travel deals from toronto downtown. For in the Post-Great Recession world, changing tastes last minute travel deals from toronto and preferences last minute travel deals from toronto make having a thriving urban core key to the economic success of any city in the 21 st  century.
It is no secret that the first decade of that century has been very good to America’s core cities. A report released by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2012 found that many downtowns have been growing almost exponentially: “ Between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, metro areas with 5 million or more people experienced double-digit population growth rates within their downtown areas (within a two-mile radius of their largest city s city hall), more than double the rate of these areas overall.”
But what is especially surprising is that, for the first time since the 1920s, many downtowns are actually outgrowing their suburbs. An article from American Banker magazine talks about how, from 2010-2012, 16 of America’s 20 largest cities experienced larger growth rates than their surrounding suburbs.
This trend is not universal. That same U.S. Census Bureau report also detailed how many U.S. central cities are still losing population. Additionally, no one seems to know for certain if this change in population distribution is simply a Recession-fueled fluke or a longer-term shift in preferences. But there is a convincing case to be made for the latter possibility.
In his 2012 book The Great Inversion (a must read if you have an interest in this subject), economist and urbanologist Alan Ehrenhalt makes the argument that the revival of many of America’s core cities is the product of a shift in living preferences of the youngest and oldest members of America’s population.
The youngest, the millennial generation, are the biggest demographic force transforming last minute travel deals from toronto American cities. Many were born and raised in the suburbs; but having lived through the bursting of the housing bubble, and burdened with rising prices, falling wages, and student loan debt, they aren’t exactly eager to put down a deposit on their first McMansion. They also were raised on a healthy diet of  Seinfeld, Friends,  and How I Met Your Mother and are eager to experience such exciting urban lifestyles.
Baby boomers also are playing a role in this demographic shift. Similarly faced with shrinking savings and rising costs, many of them are leaving their now empty suburban nests to roost in smaller homes and condos closer to the culture and nightlife downtown.
Taken together these two demographic groups are transforming American center cities, from inner-city Chicago last minute travel deals from toronto to downtown Houston, last minute travel deals from toronto into active, safe, 24-hour communities. Reading  The Great Inversion last minute travel deals from toronto makes it clear that, in order to for a city to be successful in 21 st  century America, it must have the urban experience that millennials and baby boomers find attractive. Louisville is no exception.
last minute travel deals from toronto How does Louisville’s Central Business District last minute travel deals from toronto measure up to the expectations of a more urban oriented population? To be blunt, it doesn’t. Despite a significant post-recession resurgence, downtown last minute travel deals from toronto Louisville still lacks the amenities and housing options it needs to become an active and attractive 24-hour urban neighborhood. A quick glance at Zillow.com’s information last minute travel deals from toronto page  shows the median rent price in the CBD is $1,500, and the average for sale property being listed for $365,000. last minute travel deals from toronto Both price points are well above what many young professional would consider affordable; the fact there are so few active listings in downtown ( according to Apartments.com ) does not work in its favor either.
Thankfully, there are several indicators that downtown Louisville’s best days are still ahead. The Central Business District’s deficiencies are not new, and a growing coalition of public and private actors that have been working diligently to resolve them. From the strategic investments of Bill Weyland (detailed here ) to the near Herculean efforts of the Louisville Downtown Partnership, the CBD’s allies are numerous, and their efforts are finally starting to bear fruit. After grinding to a halt during the Great Recession, the downtown last minute travel deals from toronto real estate scene is experiencing an explosion of new development. New hotels are being built, new shops and restaurants are opening, and the list of entertainment options are growing. The city’s rental market also has heated up, and is starting to move into urban Louisville in the form of new apartment construction last minute travel deals from toronto in Nulu, Germantown, Clifton and Irish Hill.
Hopefully these private market trends will continue, but they alone will not create the lively, 24-hour downtown Louisville needs to attract the urban-oriented millennials and baby boomers. Obstacles to new development in the CBD are many, and only a robust partnership between the public and private sectors can clear them.
This is why a budget that focuses on downtown is vital to the future success of Louisville. This is why Mayor Fischer last minute travel deals from toronto should not be criticized for his priorities, but be praised. In this new century, it is the city with the thriving downtown last minute travel deals from toronto and urban neighborhoods that will attract last minute travel deals from toronto the young professionals that are so vital to its long-term economic health and success. With such clear support from Metro Hall, Louisville’s chances last minute travel deals from toronto of being that city improve immensely, and make its future that much brighter.