WUWM The Hop was one of the key parts in achieving a more connected downtown set out by the 2010 Downtown Area Plan. In 2010, the Milwaukee Common Council adopted the Downtown Area Plan to push forward development plans to improve the city’s downtown. One of the big goals of the plan was to help downtown feel more connected to the rest of the city and to help Milwaukeeans connect with each other. After more than a decade with the 2010 plan, city leaders are drawing up a new one based on the successes and failures in downtown. Tom Daykin reports on commercial development for the