The city council of Springdale has hired a regional architecture and planning firm Kinzelman, Kline, Gossmanto study its retail business district.
The council has approved to spend $175,000 and signed a contract with the firm for the nine-month study.
The Springdale retail center stretching from Chesterdale Road on the east to Northland Boulevard on the west is one of the largest retail districts in the area. It has more than 300 retail enterprises and 4.5 million square feet of space, which generates nearly $1 billion of annual sale.