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95,000
90,000
85,000
80,000
DUBUQUE COUNTY POPULATION ESTIMATES
95,700
37-Year Recovery (1976-2013)
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Percent
Change in
Population:
2010-2020
Micropolitan Statistical Area
Keokuk
Fort Dodge
Clinton
Burlington
Mason City
Spencer
Marshalltown
Storm Lake
Ottumwa
Boone
Muscatine
Oskaloosa
Newton
Spirit Lake
Fairfield
Change
- 7.00%
- 5.50%
- 5.50%
- 5.10%
- 4.40%
- 4.10
- 2.80%
- 2.40%
- 1.80%
- 1.60%
- 0.08
0%
3.30%
5.30%
8.90%
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Percent Change
in Population:
2010-2020
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Des Moines -West Des Moines Metro Area
Iowa City Metro Area
Ames Metro Area
Cedar Rapids Metro Area
Dubuque Metro Area
Janesville -Beloit, WI Metro Area
Sioux City, IA -NE -SD Metro Area
Waterloo -Cedar Falls Metro Area
Davenport -Moline -Rock Island Metro Area
Rockford, IL Metro Area
Peoria, IL Metro Area
Decatur, IL Metro Area
Change
16.7%
15.2%
7.3%
6.2%
4.2%
2.1%
1.0%
0.3%
- 0.5%
- 3.0
- 3.3
- 6.1%
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Percent
Change in
Population:
1970-2020
City
Gary, IN
South Bend, IN
Flint, MI
Detroit, MI
Akron, OH
Cincinatti, OH
Cleveland, OH
Dayton, OH
Toledo, OH
Youngstown, OH
1970
Population
175,415
125,580
193,317
1,511,482
275,425
452,524
750,903
243,601
383,818
139,788
2020
Population
69,093
103,453
81,252
639,111
190,469
309,317
372,624
137,644
270,871
60,068
Change
- 60.6%
- 17.6%
- 58.0%
- 57.7
-30.8%
- 31.6%
- 50.4%
-43.4%
- 29.4%
- 57.0%
What do we need to do on Central Avenue
https://www.cityofdubuque.orq/2523/Central-Avenue-Corridor-Initiative
• Data Collection and Equity are key issues (need to pay attention to the
disenfranchised.)
• Continue Partnerships
• Dubuque Initiatives on building Rehabs & Marketing
• Central Corridor Business Group, activate store fronts, keeping area clean, and
as property owners and sometimes they are residents
• Main Street
o Grants for building Rehabs
o Developing inventory of vacant properties with Office of Shared Prosperity
and Neighborhood Support assistance
o What are current building uses.
• City
o Facade Grants
o TIF
o Abatement
o Renovation Grants
■ IFAThriving Communities designation, workforce Housing Tax
Credit
o 3 new green alleys
o Data Collection
o Streetscape amenities
o Central Avenue Corridor Streetscape Master Plan approved by City
Council in January, 2023
o Traffic Study has started (Bolten & Menk) — September 30th Work Session
scheduled
o Safety — Police security cameras, enforce existing laws...
o Get Central Avenue Property Owners a copy of new Developers Guide.
o Update Unified Developers Code addressing adaptive reuses, bulk
regulations, etc.
o How much does City spend at Central Avenue businesses.
o Budget Resources
• Private Developers and Building Owners
o Rehab of properties and leasing vacant space
o "What do you need to activate your building."
• Central Avenue residents
o Keep them engaged
• Business Owners who lease space
• Impacted Parties
o Trucks
08/21/2024
• After Traffic study what decisions need to be made
o One-way vs. two-way
o Parking
o Traffic Lights
o Pedestrian Crossings
o Mobility -bike lanes
o Truck Traffic
o How to connect Central/White with the rest of downtown and Chaplain
Schmitt Island
08/21 /2024