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For many Bend residents, it feels as though there community has been stagnating and being passed up by Paradise Bay. Because of this, the city's Chamber of Commerce and Tourism agency have been exploring way to raise the city's profile.

Through visioning sessions they determined that the city must prioritize:

1. Waterfront improvements

2. Improved connections between the two halves of the city

3. Urbanizing downtown Bend

4. Creating a landmark

To do this, city leaders have devised a scheme to use a greenfield tax increment financing arrangement to pay for significant infrastructure projects in downtown Bend. In this video, we'll build the first of these projects, including a major bridge across the carp river, shoreline improvements, a marina, and an observation tower (Näsinneula Tower). To pay for this, we'll redevelop significant parts of downtown and increase density along the way.

This is a big one and probably one of my favorite episodes in the series. Enjoy!

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This Downtown Revitalization Project Changes Everything! | MC #37

For many Bend residents, it feels as though there community has been stagnating and being passed up by Paradise Bay. Because of this, the city's Chamber of Commerce and Tourism agency have been exploring way to raise the city's profile. Through visioning sessions they determined that the city must prioritize: 1. Waterfront improvements 2. Improved connections between the two halves of the city 3. Urbanizing downtown Bend 4. Creating a landmark To do this, city leaders have devised a scheme to use a greenfield tax increment financing arrangement to pay for significant infrastructure projects in downtown Bend. In this video, we'll build the first of these projects, including a major bridge across the carp river, shoreline improvements, a marina, and an observation tower (Näsinneula Tower). To pay for this, we'll redevelop significant parts of downtown and increase density along the way. This is a big one and probably one of my favorite episodes in the series. Enjoy!

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Christopher Hubble

I swear ... I like going into the save just to check out the street layouts. There is a tornado spawning at the exact time you saved, so as soon as you unpause, 50% of the time the entire electrical grid fails. I haven't figured out why because it doesn't appear that the tornado wrecked anything. But as I look at this and reminisce about Verde Beach, it's kind of interesting ... Verde Beach felt like your ideal vacation destination. This build feels like your quintessential midwest ("home where I grew up") kind of vibe. Kind of curious to see how the emerging competition (balance?) between Bend and Paradise Bay shakes out. I will say, looking at the balance on Sheila's home, she hiding something. Bankruptcy in the works? That would be an interesting plot twist. And which mod gives you those info drop downs? I'm committed to vanilla play-through, but that's a cool little feature.

CityPlannerPlays

I think you nailed the vibes for both. The drop down is Extended Tooltip. Honestly, I'd recommend basically everyone get it, Show Text Trends, Toggle Overlays, and Zone Color Changer. Still vanilla, but you'll like the visuals and added info.