In short, North Downtown is starting to show new life. . .
Downtown can t survive on shoppers and tourists alone.
That is why the revitalization of North Downtown is so important. The transportation network, public utilities and the vacant and underutilized land there offers a prime location for residential, commercial, retail and institutional development to accommodate growth while contributing to the vitality of the rest of the metropolitan area. In Old Town-Chinatown, we also can celebrate some notable successes. The Oregon Department of Transportation is moving its regional offices to Old Town. The project extended the bus mall on SW 5 th and SW 6 th Avenues north of Burnside as far as Union Station .