Downtown Makeover News

Small touches like this add up to a great visitor experience to West Street and the Riverwalk District.

As confirmed by this post, RGJ is confirming the Siena will become a Renaissance Hotel.

A "Phase 2" construction/renovation permit valued at $5,500,000 is in the review stage in the Reno building permit dept for the Kings Inn building downtown.

A new brewery-bourbon distillery could transform a downtown dead-zone.

Special Events Committee Meeting agenda for August 11 at 11 AM, reveal applications for two parklets, one for Midtown in front of Craft, and one for Roff Way downtown, adjacent to Arlington Towers. Check it out!

Interesting agenda items for downtown and Midtown in meetings this week.

Check out what some private businesses plan to do, partnering with RTC and possibly building a streetcar system for downtown and midtown in 2017.

Read what happened in last Wednesday's city council meeting, and which option they prefer for the reconfiuration of Virginia Street through MidTown.

Coming up at the July 29th City Council and Redevelopment Agency Board meeting, Siegel Group will present the long-awaited plans for West Street, with a possible sale or lease as the preferred outcome.

Here in Reno, we often don't look toward our neighbors in the South for great redevelopment ideas...not that Vegas is a bad influence, it's just, that city is headed in a different direction than Reno.

But here's one project out of Las Vegas that I hope Reno emulates. Check it out, and attend Las Vegas Parklett Friday at noon at Nevada Museum of Art.