Midland City Council Favorably Discusses Entertainment and Cultural District Downtown
Last week in the Midland City Council meeting, members discussed the possibility of developing an entertainment and cultural district in downtown Midland.
According to the Midland Reporter-Telegram, creating a district for entertainment and culture would help the city's effort to revitalize the downtown area.
It would also attract tourists and stimulate economic development.
To be clear a cultural district are areas with a concentration of culture or art facilities, and an entertainment district would be where concert or movie venues would be the main attraction.
Development Services Director Chuck Harrington stated that a cultural district would be a bit more difficult to make because an application would need to be submitted to and approved by the state, but an entertainment district would only take a zone change from City Council.