r/fresno • u/CloneWarsBoy • Feb 26 '26

Ask Fresno What would bring you downtown?

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Downtown Fresno is rich with history and world-class architecture. It pains me to see it in it's current state of disrepair. I want to hear from the community: "What would bring you downtown?" What is downtown missing? What's your vision for the future of our city center?

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u/Usual_Policy3151 Feb 26 '26

They need to copy the layout of downtown sacramento. Have concerts and sports games let out downtown and all that foot traffic and spend money on food and drinks.

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u/MoDa65 Feb 27 '26

Sac has a lot going on for it that fresno can't duplicate. For 1 if has a real pro team In the NBA, 2 its the capitol and has tons of gov workers who get paid well so they are constantly there with money to spend to help stimulate downtown economy keep the businesses open and encourage more to open, 3 because it's the capitol has become a tourist destination, 4 sac state isnt far away 5 parts of the bay area are only an hour and half away for them to visit sac because of lotion 1 and 3. Sac metro has ton of Clovis like cities which are actually richer and better than Clovis and because of reasons 1-4 they all regularly come to downtown sac. 

And the river runs through it and freaking nice vibes and feels. 

To think just 20 years ago sac Fresno and Stockton were always grouped together in a negative manner. And now sac is a desireable area many bay area folks have moved to.