The mayor of Normal supports offering economic development incentives for the Trail East and West projects. The town is negotiating a development agreement with Cedar Falls, Iowa-based Eagle View Partners.
The discussion over a potential Connect Transit bus transfer center on the site of the current city-owned parking deck on Market Street opens a couple of possibilities for the city.
A lot of work has to happen quickly to determine whether the Market Street Parking Deck in downtown Bloomington will be a good fit for a Connect Transit bus transfer center.
Town of Normal staff have recommended the council choose an Iowa development company to build the $50-60 million Trail East and Trail West projects in Uptown.
A former Peace Corps volunteer says the organization remains relevant 60 years after its founding during the Kennedy administration. Dane Myers is now the assistant director of the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development.
Normal Mayor Chris Koos, speaking Thursday on WGLT’s Sound Ideas, urged people to get vaccinated, boosted, and to “take care of the basics” of protection from the coronavirus as COVID-19 cases, positivity rates, and hospitalizations set McLean County records.