Maybe I am reading this wrong, but this seems like some creative data interpretation. You’re saying comparing two different months (Feb ‘23 vs Mar ‘24) means our foot traffic is up nearly 16%. But the reality is seasonality or any grouping of one off variables could explain that change. I mean if you look at the trend line it looks like our foot traffic ebbs and flows above our previous average throughout the year.dbInSouthCity wrote:Latest downtown recovery update dropped (don’t expect to see this one covered much in local media)
https://downtownrecovery.com/charts/trends
Am so longing for one more restaurant or healthy fast food option around met square building.dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Apr 23, 2024Auntie Anne’s is opening at ballpark village
Maybe it was Pretzel Boy's and it fell through due to bad grammar. Love the pretzels, hate the apostrophe.RockChalkSTL wrote: ↑Apr 23, 2024The Cardinals had briefly talked with another pretzel company in 2023, but the deal fell through.
Pretzel Pretzel.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... be2379e1e3dbInSouthCity wrote:Latest downtown recovery update dropped (don’t expect to see this one covered much in local media)
https://downtownrecovery.com/charts/trends
The 16% increase only counts a very small part of the downtown CBD and doesn’t include downtown west. The study was always dumb. We have spending data that shows downtown west way above 2019 and downtown as a whole is at about 99% of 2019.mullanphy wrote: ↑Apr 24, 2024I think you might just be hesitant about accepting a little positive news about Downtown. A 16% increase in visitors downtown from March 2023 (A warmer month with a NCAA MVC basketball tournament, the opening of CityPark, and a large St Patricks Day event) to February 2024 (A colder month without notable large events downtown) seems like good news any way you package it.
inflation could also be preventing people from visiting or working in downtown..dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Apr 24, 2024The 16% increase only counts a very small part of the downtown CBD and doesn’t include downtown west. The study was always dumb. We have spending data that shows downtown west way above 2019 and downtown as a whole is at about 99% of 2019.mullanphy wrote: ↑Apr 24, 2024I think you might just be hesitant about accepting a little positive news about Downtown. A 16% increase in visitors downtown from March 2023 (A warmer month with a NCAA MVC basketball tournament, the opening of CityPark, and a large St Patricks Day event) to February 2024 (A colder month without notable large events downtown) seems like good news any way you package it.
When you say DT spending is at 99% of 2019 as a whole, does this account for inflation? The average cumulative rate of inflation from 2019 to 2024 is over 22%. So if it’s not adjusted, that would indicate actual instances of spending are still at a little over 75% of where we were at in 2019. That would be your loose correlation to spending indicating changes in traffic.dbInSouthCity wrote:The 16% increase only counts a very small part of the downtown CBD and doesn’t include downtown west. The study was always dumb. We have spending data that shows downtown west way above 2019 and downtown as a whole is at about 99% of 2019.mullanphy wrote: ↑Apr 24, 2024I think you might just be hesitant about accepting a little positive news about Downtown. A 16% increase in visitors downtown from March 2023 (A warmer month with a NCAA MVC basketball tournament, the opening of CityPark, and a large St Patricks Day event) to February 2024 (A colder month without notable large events downtown) seems like good news any way you package it.
