Does Damonte have a downtown or is this just hijacking the word downtown to give it some allure?
Here's what one commenter wrote to us: "Do you have any information on this development other than the [Dave and Cheryl] Duffield's Liberty Campus? It would be great to have an ACTUAL walkable downtown rather than a huge asphalt parking lot surrounded by big box stores."
The groundbreaking for the "Liberty Dogs" special training facility for service dogs trained to be companions for military veterans was held in October last year, but besides that we haven't seen any media attention on this development.
Anyone here who lives in Damonte area have any updates or thoughts?
The visual is adapted from the Downtown Damonte website which describes itself "as a strategically planned, mixed-use district set in a beautiful mountainous landscape, alongside the community of Damonte Ranch. The modern, outdoor town center will include retail shops, restaurants, class-A office spaces, luxury apartments, and more."
This also goes into the narrative that suburbs should be test models for the so-called 15-minute city (according to Wikipedia "an urban planning concept in which most daily necessities and services, such as work, shopping, education, healthcare, and leisure can be easily reached by a 15-minute walk, bike ride, or public transit ride from any point in the city.") but it doesn't seem to be all encompassing here.
