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PEORIA Warehouses no longer account for a significant part of the Peoria Warehouse District.
Residences, small businesses and restaurants and bars have begun to permeate the historic area located just southwest of Downtown Peoria. More developments are being planned.
But Warehouse District revitalization hardly has been an overnight process.
April represents the 14th anniversary of the city s recognition of the Warehouse District as a potential growth area.
In 2007, a tax-increment-financing plan the city commissioned noted the area had more than 300 buildings that might lend themselves to commercial, residential or mixed-use development.
More than 90% of those buildings were constructed before 1972. That was critical. To be designated as a conservation area, at least half its buildings must be at least 35 years old.
Iowa man identified in U.S. Capitol break-in, other Iowans participated in crowd action Robin Opsahl, Des Moines Register This was no drill : Congress tells chilling tale of rioters at Capitol
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Kelly Stucker, owner of Iowa City shop Konnexion, says she was in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to protest the lack of adequate COVID-19 lockdowns and direct payment relief, not to attend the rally or support President Donald Trump. An earlier version of this story incorrectly described her reason for being in Washington, D.C., she says.
Multiple Iowans participated in the rallies and subsequent riot in Washington D.C. on Wednesday where supporters of President Donald Trump rallied for him to stay in office, including one who was among the group seen storming the U.S. Capitol.