Interested in helping us make some improvements on The Loop? Apply for the board! Applicants must be at least 18 years old and either an owner of real property OR owner/representative of a business operating within the district OR a registered voter residing within the district. Board members will be responsible for planning, management, and advocacy […]
Calling all makers, artisans, chefs, and creatives! Did you know we now have an online Maker Directory? Here on The Loop we're creating a community of makers with shared spaces and incubators--our Como Cooks Kitchen, the MACCLab Makerspace, and Vidwest Studios. We're also helping local makers get the word out about their products and services […]
The Business Loop Community Improvement District (Loop CID) invites artists, graphic designers, or teams to apply for a project to create a Winter Wonderland Photo Wall on a free standing board similar to the existing Street Art. The goal of the project is to create a photo wall at the Community Pop-Up Park for our […]
The Business Loop Community Improvement District is pleased to present our 2021 Annual Report. It’s been a busy year for us as we continue to move forward on our Loop Corridor Plan. We started the engineering process for street upgrades, mapped out right-of-way and setback lines along the street as the first step to making […]
One recommendation of our Maker City Economic Development Plan was to expand the definition of Artisan Industry in the city's Unified Development Code to better reflect the needs of local makers, producers, and small-scale manufacturers we spoke with. We successfully advocated for significant changes to the code which expanded the types of businesses considered Artisan […]
