The City of Rockford is completing a placemaking project to transform Garden Club Park into a pedestrian-friendly outdoor gathering space featuring an outdoor fireplace, seating, lighting, and enhanced landscaping. This project will enhance Rockford’s downtown waterfront by attracting visitors and encouraging them to stay. By converting off-street parking into on-street parking, the project will create additional open park space for public use.
Key features include an outdoor fireplace, LED lighting, decorative pedestrian pavements, ledged seating, landscaping, and other elements designed to energize the space. Funded by a placemaking grant, the project will be executed through the design/bid/build process to ensure its successful completion, estimated July 1, 2025.
Design plans have been prepared by Prein&Newhof and the construction contract has been awarded to Katerberg VerHage. Final construction permitting is in process and construction is expected to start in March. Please feel free to bookmark this page and check back for periodic updates during construction.
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