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What if Ottawa revives downtown like Topeka Kansas Avenue
A 40 member Ottawa delegation toured Topeka to study the Kansas Avenue Project a combined public private revitalization effort. Public funding neared six million dollars plus four million in private gifts included a Mars pocket park and extensive streetscape changes to slow traffic and draw shoppers. Ottawa hopes to spark a downtown revival with ideas like a hotel events center riverfront complex and outdoor pavilion while planning broad community input and philanthropic support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Topeka
Kansas Avenue
Scott Gales
Architect One
Ottawa Community Partnership, Inc
Franklin County
John Coen
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Coen
Opportunity Funding
Gales
Mars
Wolfe
Fifth Street
Marais Des Cygnes
Doug Kinsinger