©2011 Galesburg Broadcasting Co.
| New Weaver Center Provides Opportunity |
A building named for it's owner is ready to provide the community with services and opportunities looking into the future of the downtown area.
Gerard Weaver, along with other members of the community, cut the ribbon Thursday afternoon on the official opening of the Weaver Main Street Center, formerly the Radio Village Mall.
Weaver, who owns the building, says he is very excited to celebrate the ribbon cutting because the 18-month process between purchasing, planning, and developing the building project took a lot of people working together to bring it all together.
Weaver credits the Galesburg Downtown Council, and city officials with developing the facade redevelopment grant program which improved the look of the outside of the building.
Weaver tells WGIL this project represents more facade projects in the area's future.
"It's a pretty exciting time and as I understand it, there are other facade projects going on with other businesses in the Main Street downtown area - so a pretty exciting time I think."
Weaver tells it's a type of investment in the areas future.
"In fact, that's how I look at it - as an investment in the community with the acquisition of the building itself. It has a lot of potential - still yet. There's still vacancies and spaces available in the building although we've already selected the anchor."
According to the Weaver Main Street web site, the building already has signed three tenants - Champion Technology Group, Hair Focus on the Family, and the anchor store Jimmy John's. There are still eight suites plus another 5300 square feet available on the upper floor.
President of the Downtown Council Jay Bullis says they faced hurdles of tax increment financing, designing a downtown plan and getting the city council to put aside $100,000 of TIF dollars for the projects.
Weaver says there is still room to grow and expand if they so desire.
(Members of the community along with Gerald Weaver, center cutting ribbon, gathered at the New Weaver Main Street Center Thursday to officially open the building. WGIL News Story and Photo by Dominic Fortini.) |
|
| 10 16 09 by Newsroom |
Click here for the WGIL News Archive
Click here for national news
The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.
