Growth is incremental, but compact. Most commercial and civic buildings are on Main Street, forming a center of the town. A few commercial buildings may be scattered within residential blocks, particularly near Main Street. Civic buildings, such as City Hall, may be in the center of town. Others such as churches, schools, and libraries may be on major streets leading to the center.
Most employment is in downtown or in industrial areas located near the railroad.
The town does not have a clear boundary, edge, or entry because the grid is expandable in all directions. Agricultural land close to the city could be one day annexed. The Design Alternatives Garden City . The Garden City is a set of ideas meant to reform the traditional city. Those ideas dominated most of the 20th Century and therefore underlie most conventional planning, zoning, and subdivision practices.