El Paso is finally moving ahead with the downtown deck park, dropping $750,000 to turn a concrete stretch into a legit green space. It’s a major step toward making the city center more walkable and less of a heat island.
At a glance
Rising — being discussed more frequently. 3 mentions in the last 30 days, 1 the 60 before, 3 the 90 before that.
The project is a private development with no direct cost to the county.
Future residents and the local housing market.
Existing residents in the area who may be concerned about increased density or traffic.
Watch nearly any classic movie from the early 2000s, and you’ll always find one family in a picture-perfect home. It’s the never-changing white picket fence, the nicely mowed grass, and three different generations under one roof every holiday season....
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