EAST GREENWICH — The town’s quaint downtown, the Main Street strip adorned with brick-paved sidewalks, artsy shops and cozy restaurants, is popular with locals and draws people from far away with its periodic festivals.

But there is always room for improvement, the Town Council felt in voting unanimously Monday to accept a Planning Board recommendation for various enhancements.

In the short term they include establishing a farmers’ market and setting up a visitor’s information kiosk. Long-term projects could include a summer concerts series, a dog park and a tourist trolley.

The vote takes the town from the brainstorming phase, which began some two years ago with the town planners and several resident committees, to the start of implementation, said council President Michael B. Isaacs.

“There’s always more that we can do,” Isaacs said. “We don’t want to get complacent.”

At the council’s meeting Monday, Planning Board member Chuck Newton reviewed the board’s recommendations for short- and longer-term improvements to enhance Main Street, a three-quarter-mile strip between Division and First streets and to adjoining neighborhoods. The board also has suggested the possibility of establishing a waterfront task force to formulate projects on King Street. The recommendations initially had been submitted to the council in March.

Newton said some proposals, such as new street lighting, are costly and that others could take years to accomplish.

He presented a list of items he said could be completed within a year, such as planting more trees, improving downtown parking, adding trash receptacles, benches and memorial plaques and reviewing the building façade standards in accordance to the town’s Historic District.

The top item on the list was the farmers’ market, which the board suggested could operate at Academy Field, off Peirce Street.

Bruce MacGunnigle, the town’s Main Street events coordinator, served on an ad hoc study panel called the contest task force, one of three committees. The other two dealt with traffic and pedestrian issues, and environmental and physical aspects.

MacGunnigle said his panel’s ideas included expanding the town’s annual Main Street Stroll, held in cooperation with the downtown merchants. (This year’s Stroll is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. tomorrow.)

“The Town Council would like to do something that would take Main Street to the next level, to tie in Main Street and the waterfront, used by boaters and restaurants…and see if there’s some way to make a connection to allow [more] commercial things on King Street,” he said.

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