City of Owensboro plans to back downtown master plan

At its first meeting of 2009 on Tuesday, the Owensboro City Commission is expected to pass a municipal order officially declaring its support for the downtown master plan being produced by Gateway Planning Group. 
The plan spells out an $80 million package of projects for Owensboro’s downtown including a mixed use indoor events center and “market [...]

Evansville stadium board to make recommendation

The Roberts Stadium Advisory Board will be making a recommendation to the Evansville City Council and Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel this month about the future of the 52-year-old arena, the Courier-Press is reporting. 
According to a recent article by reporter Jimmy Nesbitt, the board will meet tonight and again on Dec. 16 to hear presentations about the [...]

Owensboro community gets another look at downtown master plan

The Gateway Planning Group presented the end result of their week of planning, listening and designing Friday at The RiverPark Center. 
The standing-room crowd in the Holbrook Balcony at the center saw a vision of downtown that included an outdoor events center adjacent to a revitalized waterfront district that Gateway President Scott Polikov described as a [...]

Master plans vs. developments

Members of the Urban County Council in Fayette County are raising concerns about the lack of influence a downtown master plan appears to have on development in the city’s core.
According to an an article by the Herald-Leader’s Beverly Fortune, council members on Tuesday questioned the head of the city’s Downtown Development Authority about why Lexington’s [...]