Main Street Iowa recognizes Blaul Loft project, the late Bob Brueck

One in every of Burlington’s late avid volunteers and a lately accomplished housing undertaking had been acknowledged April 22 throughout Fundamental Avenue Iowa’s award celebration in Des Moines. 

Bob “Mr. Downtown” Brueck, a longtime downtown Burlington cheerleader and developer who died Jan. 16 on the age of 85, was awarded a posthumous Management award for his imaginative and prescient and help in preserving, renovating and reinventing buildings. 

Accepting the award on his behalf from Gov. Kim Reynolds and Debi Durham, govt director of the Iowa Financial Growth Authority and Iowa Finance Authority, was his spouse, Judy Shotwell Brueck.

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Brueck’s was certainly one of 43 management awards given in recognition of serious and inspirational management and volunteer contributions to their native Fundamental Avenue applications. 

Blaul Lofts was awarded the Fundamental Avenue Iowa Growth Award for Greatest Giant Housing Undertaking. 

The undertaking concerned the rehabilitation and renovation of the constructing at 116 N. Fifth St., reworking it from a vacant and outdated espresso producer to a market-rate condominium complicated with ground-floor business area whereas preserving parts of its historical past. 

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The Blaul Lofts undertaking was amongst 13 chosen for recognition out of 76 submitted nominations. 

In 1985, the Iowa Legislature adopted Fundamental Avenue America’s 4 Level Strategy to district revitalization by establishing Fundamental Avenue Iowa throughout the company that’s now the IEDA. Since then, native Fundamental Avenue applications have made a big impression on Iowa’s economic system, together with 5,237 new companies, 15,759 jobs and greater than 13,000 constructing tasks totaling greater than $2.4 billion in non-public funding.

For extra details about Fundamental Avenue Iowa and the way all Iowa communities can entry business revitalization help by means of the Iowa Downtown Useful resource Heart, go to iowaeda.com/downtown-resource-center/, electronic mail michael.wagler@iowaeda.com or name (515) 348-6184.