Robin Elander, executive director of the Santa Barbara Downtown Association, offers expert insight into the health of State Street, retail, restaurants and the future of a corridor experiencing major change.

Elanders explains how restaurants, retail merchants, bicyclists, pedestrians (and maybe cars) can all work together to create a State Street that works for everybody. We also discus Paseo Nuevo, efforts to expand the organization to the Funk Zone, and the list of exciting upcoming events downtown, including "salsa night" and and country line dancing. Elander is at the heart of State Street's rebirth. Listen to her expert analysis.

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