Athens' Stimson Avenue Getting A $7 Million Makeover
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The city of Athens has for years been throwing Band-Aids on one of the main gateways into town.
But this time it’s different. Stimson Avenue, now a sea of orange construction cones, is getting a $7 million makeover.
City officials hope this could make the corridor more attractive to potential developers and pave the way for more redevelopment.
“What’s going on right now … is a complete rebuild of Stimson Avenue,” Mayor Steve Patterson said.
Stimson Avenue in Athens is a sea of orange construction cones as the street is completely rebuilt in a project expected to last through October. [Evann Figueroa | WOUB]He said the last major overhaul of Stimson was in the late 1960s when the Hocking River was rerouted around the Ohio University campus to control flooding.