ALTON GREAT STREETS

Design Workshop Team

Design Workshop

Added Dimension Development Strategies

RSM

SMS Engineers

Traffic Calmer

TND Engineering

CATEGORY Planning & Analysis

LOCATION

Alton, IL

CLIENT

East-West Gateway Council of Governments

City of Alton

COMPLETION YEAR 2020

The Alton Great Streets Plan was launched at a critical time in the City’s history. The City needs to retain and attract young people, reposition the downtown as the heart of the community, reconnect the City to its riverfront, reinvest in the downtown’s social spaces, leverage the regional tourism market, and create the confidence future investors need to make the Broadway Corridor and downtown thrive.

The community’s message to the project team was clear:

While Alton’s downtown is well on its way to reclaiming its place as a regional destination and the center of the community, it faces challenges of safety, walkability, connectivity, and identity, and the city struggles with a shrinking population. The community’s message to the project team was clear: The plan needs to strengthen the small businesses that give Alton its authenticity.

HONOR

AWARD

The plan needs to strengthen the small businesses that give Alton its authenticity.

Great Streets reconnects public assets, leverages an incredible historic building stock, builds on development assets, strengthens downtown’s environmental resiliency, redefines the Alton brand, and improves overall safety and connectivity.