This article describes how local governments are redeveloping and restructuring their downtown areas. Discusses the competition that small businesses, which traditionally occupy downtowns, face from shopping malls. Elaborates on the strategies that communities use to attract business to downtown and predicts a renewal of the downtown business district.

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