The bad areas that could be so much BETTER!

In his recent oppinion article in the CSBJ, publisher Lon Matejczyk brings up some good points on how it makes no sense that a certain stretch of South Nevada avenue (between South Gate and Downtown) is in such poor condition. He's absolutely right! Downtown is making strides to look elegant and the old Southgate is leaps and bounds above where it used to be. Yet, when one travels from one point to the other they are met with run-down motels, pawn shops and a high crime area. The same can be said for the area just east of union and west of circle. Its almost as if the city decided to improve the ends but forgot to tackle the middle. These areas I think should be prime targets for Mike Kazmierski and the Economic Development Council to tackle. If they could convince a big box store to be an anchor in both areas I think it would drasticaly improve the downtown region as well as the South Union area. Of course thats just my humble oppinion. :)