[Metro Matt]

http://www.cbs19.tv/Global/story.asp?S=13473969

[JoninATX]

Exacaly what It needs. Tyler population is what 200,000+ and growing, creating a dense urban downtown and planing ahead is a smart move toward any progressive City like Tyler:) .

[KevinFromTexas]

Make sure to post a link to the article and also make sure to not post the entire article.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/announcement.php?f=28&a=313

[Metro Matt]

Make sure to post a link to the article and also make sure to not post the entire article.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/announcement.php?f=28&a=313

That's it?

No positive comment what so ever towards this potentially ground breaking development for Tyler, East Texas, & possibly even Dallas which was only one paragraph long, just an enforcement of the forum "rules"?

Its no wonder this site isn't receiving the kind of traffic it once used to back in its prime.

Well here you have it Kev...renderings & all. :uhh:

http://www.cbs19.tv/Global/story.asp?S=13473969

[Metro Matt]

Exacaly what It needs. Tyler population is what 200,000+ and growing, creating a dense urban downtown and planing ahead is a smart move toward any progressive City like Tyler:) .

Yes, Tyler is well over 200K (250k by some estimates) people & growing like crazy!

We're growing so fast we've had to add & expand several main arteries in town & build an outer 2nd loop/tollway similar to Houston & Dallas' setup.

Our medical facilities (3 total including UT Tyler Hospital) are the largest in East Texas, & the largest in the state between Dallas, Shreveport, & Houston.

We have the largest municipal rose garden in the nation (be on the lookout for a thread in city photos I'm compiling).

We have one of the oldest & largest junior colleges in the nation, Tyler Junior College.

We have a new modern regional airport with daily flights to/from Dallas & Houston via American Eagle & Continental.

We have one of the only existing all Black/minority college as well as a branch UT campus that has doubled in size over 10 years & is poised to be as large as UT Arlington or UT Dallas in the near future.

Our downtown is booming as we recently added an arts/cultural district. The historic Liberty Theater which is currently being rehabilitated will house the East Texas Symphony Orchestra as well as hosting other performances & events.

I also posted an article several weeks back about a new 7 story Cardiac Center that broke ground this month in Tyler's Med Center, but failed to get any kind of positive response out of that one either...

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=185560



Oh well, what the person said is so true about Tyler. We don't have to worry about "if we build it they will come, they're already here" hit the nail on the head.

My mom has a close friend who just moved to Tyler from Los Angeles a few years back with her husband & son. They couldn't be happier! He is full blood Japanese & she is Native American/Italian.

The new head of East Texas' BBB is a young Filipino-American woman.

Counties which have been dry since the prohibition days are finally going wet.

Yeah...I would say Tyler is one of the more "progressive" smaller Conservative cities in the nation.

[photoLith]

I had no idea Tyler was that huge, thats almost as big as Little Rock and I would never think to even visit Tyler. It having a light rail would be amazing, but I dont think Tylers downtown is anything to write home about but hopefully that changes.

[llamaorama]

Maybe Tyler could do something creative with buses and bikes?

I guess that's sort of what is happening here.

And sorry for the lack of response, I hope you aren't too disheartened to stop posting articles. Even if they don't get a huge number of comments, I like reading them and others probably do to.

[BevoLJ]

I hope you aren't too disheartened to stop posting articles. Even if they don't get a huge number of comments, I like reading them and others probably do to.Agree, I love reading about smaller growing cities that aren't 'suburban cities' but more their own thing and what they are up to. Especially towns like Tyler, birth place of my favorite football hero!