The Future of High Point: Shipping Containers?

HIGH POINT — City leaders commissioned the plan from Miami-based planner Andres Duany with a vision of a vibrant downtown year round, not just the four weeks it hosts the High Point Market, formerly known as the International Home Furnishings Market. Among the components, Duany recommends putting a section of four-lane Main Street on a “road diet,” i.e., shrinking it to two lanes.