Beatrice downtown revitalization underway
7 Sep 2016
Economic Development
The city of Beatrice held open houses about downtown revitalization projects on Wednesday in which community members and downtown business owners came to voice their opinions and provide input as to how to best improve the downtown area.
Recently, Beatrice was awarded a grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development to help improve and revitalize downtown.
“The next step is to develop a plan and then apply to implement the plan, which we are hoping to do by spring of 2017,” City Attorney Gregory Butcher said in a recent interview. “We just would like to know what people want us to do with that grant money."
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