After years of incremental downtown improvements, like new benches here and banners there, village officials recently adopted a comprehensive set of Downtown Streetscape Design Guidelines designed to bring consistency, predictability, and long-term value to future public investments. Sun Community News reports the guidelines, finalized in November 2025, establish a clear framework for how public spaces in downtown Saranac Lake should look, function, and evolve, without mandating immediate spending or locking the village into any single project or timeline.