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DDA outlines $2025–26 priorities: Rotary Square, Lot B reconstruction, farmers market pavilion and riverwalk work
Summary
The Downtown Development Authority presented a 2025–26 budget focused on maintaining downtown services while advancing schematic design and funding decisions for Rotary Square, a farmers‑market pavilion tied to Lot B reconstruction, and work on the Lower Boardman Riverwalk.
The Downtown Development Authority presented a budget that balances ongoing maintenance and services with schematic design and potential implementation for several large downtown projects, including Rotary Square, a farmers‑market pavilion linked to Lot B reconstruction, and a Lower Boardman Riverwalk phase.
DDA Executive Director Harry Burkholder told the commission the DDA’s budget is organized across three TIF‑based budgets and a general budget; the DDA also manages the Arts Commission budget and recently reduced its board size from 12 to nine. The DDA said it is coordinating closely with city departments on joint projects and that this year will be the first in which the DDA’s financials are run on the city’s BS&A system.
Major items and grants: Burkholder said the DDA is using remaining Rotary Charities funds and TIF dollars to complete conceptual design work for Rotary Square (an open…
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