1stcrossingJamestown (CSi) The future of downtown Jamestown was the focus of the latest round of planning discussions.

At the recent series of Jamestown Land Use and Transportation plan public input meetings, input included residents wanting to see the downtown area grow as a location that attracts people, and make it a destination.

RDG Planning a Design planner Cory Scott, and Marty Shukert, another planner with RDG, were in Jamestown holding the meetings.

Scott said, “The area has a good starting point with Babb’s Coffee House and Buffalo City Rotisserie Grill and other businesses in the area.”

He indicated that the railroad tracks through downtown can be a problem, and residents noted it was an area difficult to cross by pedestrians.

Shukert added that other problems include the size of some of the buildings and associated parking lots.

Facilities such as the Jamestown Civic Center are so large they don’t connect to the overall downtown area.

With the traffic flow on First Avenue, planners are studying the number or placement of traffic lights on the street, and a three-lane street, including a turning lane in each direction,still in the planning stages.

The next planning session is being planned for the last week of March and will include the business corridors and Mill Hill areas.

Input can also be given with the online survey at

www.rdgusa.com/crp/jamestown.

So far there has been about 300 online responses.