Rediscover Downtown

Granite City, Illinois

DevelopmentPlan

“So Much, So Close”

•Financial

$600,000 committed to streetscape project

TIF Loan Program

Scattered Housing Program

•Code Enforcement

•Security Enhancement in Downtown District

Commitment of Aldermanic Board and City Administration

MADISON CO.

ST. CLAIR CO.

CITY OF ST LOUIS

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McKinley Bridge

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Location Time MileageEdward Jones Dome 10 5Fox Theatre 14 5.5Busch Stadium 12 6Union Station 13 6.5Savvis Center 13 6.5Forest Park 19 8.5Science Center 18 10.5Lambert 18 13.5SIUE 24 14.5

Proximity to St. Louis

(Using McKinley Bridge (opening September 2007) So Close…to St. Louis

Travel Times, Distances

Destination:McKinley Bridge

OpenMcKinley Bridge

Closed

  Miles Minutes Miles Minutes

Lambert Airport 13.5 18 22.5 29

Science Center 10.5 18 14 22

Fox Theatre 5.5 14 12 20

Busch Stadium 6 12 10 18

Edward Jones Dome 5 10 8.5 17

Scott Trade Center 6.5 13 10 18

Art Museum 13 22 16.5 26

Zoo 8.5 19 14 24

Union Station 6.5 13 10.5 18

SIUE 14.5 24 14.5 24

Source: Mapquest.com*Starting Point – 2000 Edison Avenue (City Hall)

McKinley Bridge Scheduled to open September 2007

Downtown Traffic

•Current Traffic Figures

9,000 Vehicles Per Day

30% Increase when McKinley Bridge Re-Opens

Perfect Timing

•Current Status of McKinley Bridge

44% Complete

•Projected Date of Completion

September 2007

•Grand Re-opening

Future Possibilities

•MetrolinkGood Combination with MCT Bus Routes

Future Extension into Madison Co.

•Route PossibilitiesAlton

SIU-Edwardsville

Downtown Possibilities

•College Town

•Empty-Nesters

•Local Employees

•An Ideal Location

Incentives

•TIF Districts

•MCCD Block Grant

•Enterprise Zone

Residential

Commercial

Arts&

EntertainmentLightIndustrial State St

Grand Ave

20th

St

19th

St

Madison Ave

Edison Ave 21st

St

24th

St

Delmar Ave

Benton St

22nd

St

Niedringhaus Ave

Adams St

16th

St

Cleveland Blvd

Lee Ave

23rd

St

18th

St

Iowa St

17th

St

W 2

2nd

St

14th St

Oliv

e St

W 20th St

Map

le St

Century Dr

Miss

ouri

Ave

W 21st St

E 2

3rd

St

Illin

ois Ave

Spruce

St

Washington Ave

15th S

t

Dewey

Ave

Chicago St

13th St

Wal

nut St

Popla

r St

Chestn

ut St

Bryan A

veSt Louis Ave

E 24th St

W 23rd St

Roc

k R

d

Washington Ave

Iowa St

24th

St

Iowa St

15th St

Downtown TIF District(With Zoning PUD)

Legend

Existing TIF District

Proposed Expanded TIF

1 inch equals 700 feetµ

State St

Grand Ave

Madison Ave

20th

St

Edison Ave

Delmar Ave

Benton St

Adams St

19th

St

25th

St

21st

St

Cleveland Blvd

Iowa St

24th

St

Niedringhaus Ave

22nd

St

1st S

t

16th

St

W 22nd St

E 2

3rd

St

E 24th St

State

Rt 3

Lee Ave

Century Dr

23rd

St

Map

le St

W 20th St

18th

St

Hal

l St

Spruce

St

Center St

Lincoln Ave

17th

St

Illin

ois Ave

Edwards St

August

St

Poplar

St

E 25th St

Olive S

t

Kat

e St

10th St

W 21st St

Ohio S

t

Monroe St

Alton A

ve

B St

Bryan A

ve

Missouri Ave

E 2

1st

St

Dewey

Ave

W 23rd St

14th St

St Louis Ave

Roc

k R

d

C St

W 24th St

Circle Dr

Logan S

t

Gre

enwoo

d St

Elizabeth St

Lee St

Hodges Ave

A St

Chicago St

Denver St

26th S

t

Kennedy Dr

Washington Ave

13th St

Brom

ley A

ve

15th S

t

26th P

l

Nash St

Reynol

ds St

E 2

0th

St

Plum St

Wal

nut St

3rd S

t

Park Ave

Chestn

ut St

Omaha St

3Rd S

t

McC

ambrid

ge Ave

12th St

Nevad

a Ave

Miss

ouri

Ave

Washington Ave

13th St

Iowa St

26th

St

24th

St

State

Rt 3

14th St

Iowa St Washington Ave

15th St

Madison CountyEnterprise Zone

1 inch equals 1,000 feetµ

Legend

Existing TIF District

Proposed Expanded TIF

EnterpriseZone

Rediscover Downtown

Granite City, Illinois

So Much, So Close