“Market common is the crown jewel for this city,” Bethune said. At points in the meeting, she and Tucker noted that the area would be receiving $25 million to continue to make it better.

For the next several months crews will be working on repairs to the parking garage off Farrow Parkway in the Market Common.

The limits of what are technically downtown Myrtle Beach and The Market Common are sometimes blurred. Here’s what the official districts are, according to information from the city.