Country Club Plaza Art & History
If you are ever in the midwest...this should be one of the places to visit. Oddly enough, I was prompted to think of the Plaza just the other day when I had to visit downtown Chico. That was when I suddenly realized that I had no change for the parking meters! So I went shopping elsewhere. And at the Plaza that wouldn't have happened, as all parking is free, both on the street and in covered parking garages. And it's clean. The merchants want you to enjoy the whole experience of being downtown and shopping. The tall buildings of Kansas City surrounds the Plaza and so you feel like you are in some sort of oasis while you stroll the sidewalks...yes, it's a shopping center, but at the same time it's an integral part of downtown.
Chico really has the potential for this kind of development. The buildings, the parks and the trees would all contribute to a great experience. But right now it's simply old and dirty. It needs a visionary like Nichols...it could happen.
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