CARTHAGE, Mo. —
Carthage should capitalize on its history and its place on Route 66 to bring more people and activity to the downtown business district, a group of Drury University architecture students said Monday night.
The recommendations were part of a final presentation by the students to a group of local volunteers at a gathering at Memorial Hall.
The recommendations, to be delivered to city officials later in written form, are to serve as a blueprint for a local group to use in developing ideas for a renewed downtown Carthage.
The students, from the university’s Center for Community Studies at Hammons School of Architecture, studied the city, met with community members and volunteers, and made four public presentations as part of the project. They said they were particularly impressed with the architectural quality of the downtown, the city’s rich history and civic pride.
Janet Stafford, chairwoman of the committee of volunteers who worked with the students, said she is “excited” by their recommendations.
“They had really great ideas,” she said.
Among suggestions of the students were using signs, an expanded Kellogg Lake Park and streetscaping to emphasize the entrance to Carthage on Missouri Highway 96 — Route 66. They proposed making the courthouse square more pedestrian-friendly by limiting parking and constructing a multilevel parking garage to the south that would be connected to the square by a walkway.
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