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Rock Island Downtown Alliance credits partnerships for Arts Alley revival, holiday market draws crowds
Summary
The Rock Island Downtown Alliance told the council its public-private partnership transformed Arts Alley from underused space to a community hub, citing a November tree-lighting, ongoing holiday markets and a clean-and-safe ambassador program; the Alliance also reported downtown metrics including roughly 65 blocks, 215 property owners and an EAV just under 30,000,000.
A representative of the Rock Island Downtown Alliance told the Rock Island City Council the group’s public–private partnership helped convert a long-underused alley into Arts Alley, a redeveloped public space that opened formally with a tree-lighting and holiday market in November.
The Alliance representative said the rendering created with partners Streamline Architects and Vienstra & Kim closely matched the site’s November condition, and credited multiple partners and donors for bringing the project to completion. “It’s a beautiful setting,” the representative said, and encouraged council members…
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