loading . . . Opinion: Reimagining Downtown Carson City, or risk losing its charm By Doreen Mack As a local businesswoman who owned and operated two businesses in downtown Carson City for more than 20 years, I feel that our historic capital city is in danger of losing its unique and hard-won Battle Born history, culture, and heritage. From 2008-2018, I was founder and president of the volunteer-driven "Downtown 2020 501c3 organization". We renovated Downtown by removing the freeway and iron fence, added parking, bike lanes, widened sidewalks, brick crosswalks, signage and landscaping, as well as designing Telegraph Square with the 4 bump-out corners to make the historic downtown core a walkable, business and people friendly community. https://www.carsonnow.org/12/10/2025/opinion-reimagining-downtown-carson-city-or-risk-losing-its-charm