Rogue Columnist: Valley downtowns 2.0?

And, sure, the city made its share of mistakes on Mill, from raising the cost of business and running out the independents, to building a shopping mall two miles away that further sucks away business, to allowing the misbegotten Centerpoint tower. Tempe still stands a good ... It faces serious headwinds: Westgate, downtown's distance from the high-income Zip codes and lack of connectivity (which should have been remedied years ago by commuter rail to downtown Phoenix). ...