Original sentence: Backers assert that the project will attract more people to the downtown and therefore boost local business.The location is deemed a logical place to build such a project since about 5.8 million people live within 15 miles of the Grand Avenue Project according to the Grand Avenue Committee
Edited sentence: Backers of the project say that it will attract more people to downtown and therefore boost local business.The location seems like the ideal place to build such a project since about 5.8 million people live within 15 miles of the Grand Avenue Project according to the Grand Avenue Committee