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The future of Topeka’s downtown has a new blueprint. Topeka City Council approved the city’s Downtown Master Plan 8-0 on Tuesday night. Council member Spencer Duncan and Mayor Michelle De La Isla weren t present. Topeka’s Downtown Master Plan is a recruiting tool, city staff told The Topeka Capital-Journal. It proposes multiple investment strategies for each of the nine sections of downtown: Capitol, Civic, Historic Kansas Avenue, NOTO/River North, Office and Catalyst, River to Rail, River South, Tower and Van Buren. “Public investment based on the last 10‐15 years of visioning is reaching its natural conclusion. And while private investment is still following that vision, the next vision for Downtown is unclear,” the master plan said. “Not because it has few visions, but because there are many visions. ....