Downtown Posts

The City of Janesville is receiving a $250,000 state grant to help finance the construction of a new downtown hotel.   The Community Development Investment Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will support the new construction of a Cobblestone Hotel & Suites, a 53-room, four-story...

Dan Andreola Jr. stood inside his newly renovated coin and jewelry shop, Daniel Michael’s Jewelry and Coin, marveling at the glazed brick walls.   The 1,200-square-foot corner space at 39 S. Main St. once was cubed off as a local campaign headquarters for Rep. Paul Ryan. Now it has been opened up all the way down...

An energetic rebirth is taking place in an upstate New York city that was once very down on its luck. Millennials and young entrepreneurs are moving back to Buffalo as “re-pats,” staking their claim by helping revitalize a place they once fled. Thanks in part to Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s controversial Buffalo...

JANESVILLE—Imagine a downtown with relaxed rules on outdoor drinking and music, fun and unusual shops and restaurants, and more money to ensure the area stays attractive and vibrant. That’s the goal of several policy changes the city has implemented over the past several months. Officials said they’re...

JANESVILLE—A group raising money for downtown revitalization linked to the city’s ARISE plan announced Thursday it has curried a set of two $1 million donations. Find out more here