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Gourmet Food Truck Courtyard

Peoria, Illinois
Infrastructure for a food truck courtyard could enable a variety of food to be served in the area with ability to move structures easily if flooding occurred. Perhaps this would have to be adjacent to the park, depending on the development guideli...
food-carts conviviality food public-space

Family Fun, there's enough bars and concert attractions DT

Peoria, Illinois
We need a family fun experience that will be for the entire-year-round! Peoria lacks anything for the family that is indoors that you can go to for all seasons of Illinois weather. An indoor water park, indoor playground, (the one at Grand Prairi...
games play family water

Outdoor Futsal Court

Peoria, Illinois
Futsal is a form of soccer usually played five a side on a hard surface with a smaller, less bouncy ball. Youth and Adult soccer leagues around Peoria are hugely popular, and I believe an outdoor Futsal Court would be a great attraction in Downtow...

Creative Lighting

Peoria, Illinois
Provide lighting that creates a safe but also aesthetic environment. Much of the river front is dimly lit. Additional lighting would encourage people to be along the river front at night. This lighting does not have to be just street lights. It ca...
street park public-space walking public-art lighting safety

Halloween Parade

Peoria, Illinois
Create the first, first-annual Warehouse District celebration. Engage the art community to build Halloween parade floats. The only rule for the floats is there are no rules for what constitutes a float. It would be a family-friendly version of bur...
event park public-space land-use

Build a New Street within the Warehouse District

Peoria, Illinois
Transform an existing service alley into New Street, lined with storefronts and galleries.
retail walking preservation public-space land-use infrastructure street building

Peoria Pier

East Peoria, Illinois
Create a small partially-covered pier jutting out into the river that could act as a shared space for Spirit of Peoria riverboat docking, an access point to the small riverfront marina, viewing deck of the river or Peoria skyline, and recreation s...
tourism boating water transit preservation public-space park

Public Park

Peoria, Illinois
There isn't a lot of green space in the Warehouse district. I think residents of the Warehouse district as well as those who enjoy going on walks/runs would like a peaceful corner with mature trees, park benches, and beautiful greenery to take a r...
park

Protect buildings that contribute to the character of the Warehouse District

Peoria, Illinois
Demolition is arguably the greatest threat to the revitalization of places such as the Warehouse District. Whether out of building neglect or the desire to start with a clean slate, demolition erodes the character of the district. If the existing ...
building preservation adaptive-reuse

Create an oversight organization that supports downtown Peoria development

Peoria, Illinois
While the Warehouse District has the potential to become a thriving, urban neighborhood, it can benefit from a collective effort to promote all of downtown Peoria as the heart of the community and region. The distinct areas of the downtown core, i...
programming marketing promotion maintenance management

A Harbor Park

East Peoria, Illinois
I think Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has the perfect design for a riverfront park that will attract visitors all year round. There is plenty of visual interest along with space to relax. There is a skating rink that can be used all seasons and ple...
walking land-use park water

Shopping

Peoria, Illinois
It seems like most thriving cities have stores for shopping. The Peoria Riverfront has a good assortment of food but virtually no shopping. There is no reason to visit the riverfront other than to eat. On a rare occasion there will be some good mu...
land-use

Big Picture

Peoria, Illinois
Mounted murals are placed on dozens of buildings throughout central Illinois drawing attention to the love, appreciation, and respect of our most needed resource, water.
water walking public-space park building street

Public Safety/Ambassador Program

Peoria, Illinois
Provide for Downtown Ambassadors: many cities have individuals on the streets performing municipal services such as sidewalk cleaning, graffiti removal, waste receptacle emptying, landscape maintenance, and directional assistance to visitors. Usua...
a-vision-for-downtown-peoria walking

Downtown Shuttle/Trolley: a free hop-on/hop-off shuttle in the downtown

Peoria, Illinois
Provide a free, hop-on/hop-off trolley in the downtown that runs 7 days a week, from 6:00 AM - 12:00 AM, that has a vehicle stop at any designated stop every ten minutes or less. This would allow people to live and work downtown without the need ...
transit

Charter Oak Dog Park

Peoria, Illinois
There is already a ton of wide open green space at Charter Oak Park. A lot of people already bring their dogs to this park to walk the beautiful trails, but the dogs must be on a leash. It would be nice if some of the flat grassy area was turned i...
dog-park land-use public-space park

Low Line

Peoria, Illinois
Extend the riverfront trail into the heart of the Warehouse District through the May Street corridor to tie the District and the Riverfront together. Drainage tiles installed beneath the permeable trail extension can be run directly to the river. ...
cso water public-space park infrastructure bicycling

Washoe County School District

Peoria, Illinois

Botanical Garden

East Peoria, Illinois
A botanical garden, butterfly garden, and/or community garden. This could focus on local plants or have specific color themes for each year. A garden would provide beauty and if it could also be educational or practical, the more beneficial.
green-space garden public-space walking land-use

Wayfinding

Peoria, Illinois
Provide adequate wayfinding throughout the downtown for pedestrian and vehicular traffic. The signage should be attractive, comprehensive, uniform, and easily update-able! The goal of the wayfinding would be to improve the movement of people aroun...
a-vision-for-downtown-peoria walking transit infrastructure bicycling street

Riverfront Sculpture Garden

Peoria, Illinois
Establish a Sculpture Garden for large scale outdoor sculptures to enhance the public art and culture of Peoria. My suggestion is that this be a large park with plenty of green-space for multi-use purpose but includes these large outdoor sculptur...

Develop a Parking Management District

Peoria, Illinois
Like a public utility, a parking management district would be empowered to coordinate the location and allocation of the plentiful existing parking.
policy parking governance

Watercraft Recreation

Peoria, Illinois
Attract vendors that will provide watercraft recreation in the downtown. This could be located at detweiller marina and offering kayaks, canoes, paddle boats & rowing crew boats rentals.
water transit

Expanded Arts & Cultural Activities

Peoria, Illinois
Build upon existing events and programs such as the Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair, Big Picture Festival, Sculpture Walk Peoria, etc. and Peoria's unique cultural heritage to create new arts and cultural events and programs that celebrate the dive...
tactical-urbanism social-offerings greenspace creativity arts welcoming inclusive tradition culture diversity street public-space park land-use infrastructure