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The City is requesting proposals (RFP) for a study of the South River Street Gateway District area of the community. This corridor is one of the main entries into the City and is an important access route to downtown Batavia. The project area includes the southern portion of Illinois State Route 25 through the City limits. The area includes many different uses, ranging from public facilities and parks, industrial and office uses, entertainment venues and riverfront properties. The City is seeking to revitalize and reinvigorate the South River Street areaby developing a plan to study land uses, zoning, streetscape as well as developing changes to the regulatory scope of this corridor. The boundaries of the corridor are identified on the map attached to this RFP. As part of the project, the City would seek an analysis of potential financing methods to fund improvements in this area on public and private property. Possible options and analysis should include, but not be limited to, Tax Increment Financing District, Business Development District and Special ServiceAreas. Batavia was founded by Christopher Payne in 1833. It is considered the oldest city in Kane County. Nicknamed 'The Windmill City', the title was justly earned by our industrial role at the turn of the century as the windmill manufacturing capital of the world. The stone mined from today's Harold Hall Quarry Beach Park Swimming area and the South River Street corridor provided limestone to help rebuild Chicago after the famous fire of 1871. Newton Wagons and Appleton Farm Machinery, two products which played a vital role in the settling of the American frontier, also had their origins in Batavia. The former Appleton building, which today is Batavia's City government center at 100 North Island Avenue, was previously used in the 1960's as an industrial complex where rocket components were manufactured and used for the first mission that took U.S. astronauts to the moon. Today, Batavia remains the home of over 200 varied manufacturing, research and warehousing firms as well as proudly serving as the hometown for the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, a world-renowned center for high energy physics research, and Mooseheart, the international 'child-city' of the Moose Lodge. Any questions regarding the proposal requirements can be directed to Drew Rackow at drackow@bataviail.gov.