closet thing Dublin has had to a main drag, the city is forging ahead with plans for better defined, walkable streets; compact and varied home choices to appeal to millennials and empty-nest baby boomers; new arts, entertainment, and shopping; and an upgraded park system. In short, Dublin hopes to move from a 20th-century suburb to one that can flourish in the 21st century. While Wirtz's example lies outside the designated corridor, it is nearby; and great planning ideas can be contagious. The Bridge Street corridor's retrofit will all be infill and redevelopment, slowing the spread of sprawl onto rural land. In fact, much of the redevelopment, especially in the early phases, is likely to take place within the target corridor on what are now giant corporate parking lots (see above), not all that different in scale from the one chosen by Wirtz to illustrate the new approach to walkways. I know of at least one advanced feasibility study being undertaken by a nationally-known development firm to help a large company in Dublin consider developing its surface parking lot. Meanwhile, the city continues to do its part by updating its zoning code for the corridor with a hybrid form-based system , coupled with concurrent changes in the entitlement process. One of the planners who consulted on the zoning reform was Leslie Oberholtzer of Chicago's Farr Associates, who reports: Not only is the [Corridor's] vision a model for sustainability, but now the entitlement process Is, too. Don Elliott with Clarion Associates was