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City Manager’s State of the City video highlights redevelopment, tornado response and new facilities

3281739 · May 12, 2025
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City Manager Kevin Lanier presented a prerecorded State of the City video summarizing 2024 accomplishments and 2025 priorities, including downtown redevelopment, housing programs, the Woodman Sports and Convention Center, transit ridership gains and the city’s tornado response.

City Manager Kevin Lanier presented a prerecorded State of the City video at the May 12 meeting that summarized projects and programs from 2024 and outlined priorities for 2025, including redevelopment of the former GM/JATCO site, housing initiatives, parks and recreation investments, and infrastructure and public safety work.

The video described economic development actions in 2024 including an amendment to Tax Increment District (TID) 38 to support redevelopment opportunities in the Uptown Janesville Mall and Milton Avenue corridor, the recruitment of a 12,000-square-foot grocery store on Center Avenue, and plans to continue the acquisition process…

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