Most Lincoln shopping centers from 1966 get bulldozed. Meadowlane's is getting resurfaced. That single decision, made official when the City Council voted to declare the property blighted and substandard so its owner could tap tax-increment financing, is the reason your summer here still looks like your last one, only tidier. If you have lived in Meadowlane for a while, this is the season to pay attention. The bones of the neighborhood you chose are being reinforced, not replaced.
What the vote at 70th and Vine actually means
Hampton Enterprises owns the roughly 67,000-square-foot Meadowlane Shopping Center at 70th and Vine and has been planning what a Journal Star reporter described as a face-lift for a few years now. The proposed work is modest and cosmetic:
