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Downtown Dover Partnership outlines $26 million-plus investments, requests modest city funding bump
Summary
The Downtown Dover Partnership reported on 2024 project activity, including property acquisitions, an EPA grant and ARPA/state bond funding, previewed a mobility center and requested a $25,000 increase in the city allocation for accounting and operations.
The Downtown Dover Partnership (DDP) presented its 2024 annual report to the Dover City Council, detailing capital projects underway, private reinvestment and requests for a modest increase in city support.
Diane Laird, executive director of the Downtown Dover Partnership, told council members the organization had steered about $2 million in city and DDP-funded improvements toward roughly 20 projects in the downtown development district and anticipated another $7 million in combined public-private improvements once additional private investment is in place.
Laird described several projects the partnership is advancing: remediation and demolition at West End parcels, acquisition of properties at 148 and 150 South Bradford Street to prepare for the mobility center, and a planned five-story mixed-use project at 120 South…
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