EDAW, the company the city hired to design the downtown Riverwalk, has thrown out some preliminary ideas and listened to input from a public forum. The winnowing process has begun.
What everyone agrees on, however, is that it’s an excellent idea to open up the Hillsborough River. So it can be seen and enjoyed. It’s also acknowledged that the river is as underutilized and aesthetically bludgeoned a natural resource as any city could have ever allowed.
But of all the proposals being aired, one stands out, so to speak, from the rest.
Two words: No mini-golf.