(Photo by CAROLINE LOBSINGER)
Construction begins on First Avenue as the second phase of the downtown revitalization project gets underway. The project focus is on First Avenue, from where crews left off at Second and Cedar in the first phase of the downtown revitalization last year, around the corner to First and down to Church Street. The second phase of the project includes wider sidewalks and bulbouts, seat walls and planters, stormwater improvements, new trees, bike racks, benches, lighting and more. The rest of the project area on First Avenue, from Main to Church, will close to motoris…