Arlington city planners said public input is a vital part of rethinking how downtown looks and functions through the use of form-based code, an alternative to traditional use-based zoning.

I will admit that I haven’t been back to downtown Arlington since I graduated from UTA in 2014, and even then there was some movement on making downtown more dense, like the new library complex and some apartments, but this is nice to see.

Arlington has a real gem with UTA sitting right next to downtown and it blows my mind that it took so long to be capitalized on. College Park Center and the restaurants/apartments across the street were a great start from the school side of things.

Finally, PLEASE join DART and add a train station downtown. It is criminal that you can’t take a train to the ballpark, Six Flags, or ATT Stadium.