This is a great opportunity for Columbia to show itself off.

It's a really good trend because people are using the property to the maximum density and providing maximum property taxes for that land in return.

The opportunities are great because of the resources you already have are really strong. Particularly impressive are the cultural resources already available.

Those are the kinds of things that create the base of recreating a downtown because they bring people here.

We're not connecting the dots. That's unfortunate, and I don't think there is any money left to do it.

When this is finished, it will be a beautiful, pedestrian-friendly retail environment. It will have been worth it.