The individuality of a look of a building creates an element of surprise. It makes walking around interesting and people like surprise. People come to the west to experience our countries past. Most areas around the country have slowly lost their regionalization and look cookie cutter.

I have lived in many tourist towns one being back east on the Delaware River. One million visitors a year.

If you make everything perfect, the steps, the curbs, the buildings, the signage, the colors, you remove the element of surprise. They did this. Then they wondered why it becomes quieter.

Keep it simple. Keep everything original that you can. This is what is currently pulling in so many tourists to Old Town Cottonwood, it’s retro and interesting. They must also be careful not to over improve.

Good luck.