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31 Businesses Featured on First-Ever Railside Passport
Railside Director Sherry Siwinski is excited to announce the launch of the business district's first-ever passport program! She details what to expect over the next few months in downtown Grand Island.
About
The Railside Business Improvement District (BID) is a public/private partnership in which property owners elect to make a collective contribution to the maintenance, development and promotion of their commercial district. It is dedicated to improving and reinforcing existing assets within the district while also encouraging new and exciting investment by developing a stronger sense of place within both the local and regional community.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Business Development
Cultural Development
Cleanliness
Community Safety
Connections & Communications
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3 Lofts
110 West 3rd Street
(308) 390-2455
Bartenbach Building
118 West 2nd Street
(402) 309-9935
E-Mail: bartenbachbuilding@gmail.com
Corridor Building
112 West 2nd Street
(308) 227-6213
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Easy Street Apartments
411 West 3rd Street
(308) 218-9497
GW Building
206 North Locust Street
(308) 390-2700
Hedde Building
201 West 3rd Street
(308) 390-2455
Michelson Lofts
320 North Pine Street
(308) 227-6213
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Schumacher Building
211 1/2 North Wheeler Street
(308) 381-0923
Sievers Building
102 West 2nd Street
(308) 380-1419
The Diplomat
324 West Koenig Street
(308) 383-4116
The Key Apartments
207 1/2 North Wheeler Street
(308) 398-1303
The Yancey
123 North Locust Street
(308) 381-7242
Tower 217
217 North Locust Street
(308) 227-6213
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Railside history
It all started in the 1850s
In the 1850s, three Iowa-based businessmen saw the economic potential of a town near the Platte's Grand "Island" and speculated that the railroad would soon follow. The venture went bankrupt, but the 37 settlers hired to start "Grand Island City" stayed.
The Lincoln Highway
In 1916 the first paved coast to coast roadway known as the Lincoln Highway came to town and connected New York to San Francisco.
World War II
Grand Island was home to thousands of soldiers, airmen and even prisoners of war. A large Army installation west of the city was the site of the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant. Over 4,000 people, including many women, were employed at this facility that produced ammunition and bombs for the war effort.
First Post Office
Supervising Architect of the Treasury James Knox Taylor designed the new post office and federal building in Grand Island, authorizing the final architectural plans in 1908. Workers completed the building, which officially opened on November 26, 1910, at a cost of $108,000.00.