HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Today, Tampa City leaders will discuss dropping $6 million on a project to revamp Franklin Street in downtown Tampa. The road cuts right through the downtown area, and used to be the shopping corridor. But it fell out of favor when suburban malls were built.

Tampa city leaders want to give Franklin Street a $6M make-over. They approved a plan to beautify the downtown stretch of Franklin Street between Jackson and Scott streets. “I think we need to preserve the past instead of doing away with it,