Business & Tech

What Do You Wish Was Here?

There are some empty spaces, vacant lots and occasionally a few abandoned shops around town. This new feature gives you a chance to chime in on what you'd like to see in place of the open space—if anything at all.

Sonoma's downtown is a bustling area with a tightly-packed retail space – but in recent years vacancies have plagued the Plaza.

There are several empty storefronts along Broadway, at 401 West Napa and this Plaza storefront, pictured at right, has been vacant for about a year.

So, what would you like see in this space?

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The idea was inspired by Candy Chang from New Orleans, who in 2010 created "I wish this was" stickers and placed thousands around the city for residents to fill in the blanks.

In San Francisco the Art in Storefronts project commissions up and coming visual artists to create public art in empty storefronts, maybe we could make something like that happen in Sonoma. Or maybe you think this would be the perfect spot for Pets' Lifeline's holiday boutique. Or maybe you really want a bowling alley, or a barbershop, or a really .

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