Downtown to me would mean office buildings with businesses that have people working in them. Instead, the so-called main downtown intersection businesses are two banks, a gas station, and a tool store, all surrounded by strip malls (if you wish to consider the Commons as one big strip mall). The only jobs are retail and restaurant. Retail and restaurants are not enough to build a thriving downtown. The office buildings for jobs are on 9th Ave, not downtown, and they have more empty than occupied space.