Downtown Anacortes has a vision for a more welcoming, beautiful, connected, and vibrant Downtown District. The City of Anacortes led the development of the Downtown Streetscapes Plan, shaped by community input.
The Downtown Anacortes Alliance is excited to help bring that vision to life. Follow the projects we’re helping advance and see the progress happening throughout Downtown Anacortes.
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Light Up Downtown: Year-Round Roofline Lighting Is Coming to Commercial Avenue
Downtown Anacortes is about to get a little brighter, and not just for the holidays. On October 5, the Downtown Anacortes Alliance will begin installation of roofline lights along the historic buildings on Commercial Avenue. The project, called “Light Up Downtown,” will add year-round lighting to Downtown from 4th Street to 11th Street. Crews will…
A Plan for an Even Better Downtown Anacortes
Monday, the City of Anacortes and First Forty Feet presented the final Downtown Streetscapes Plan to the Anacortes City Council—and we’re pretty excited about where we landed. Over the past year, this project has asked a simple question: What would make a great Downtown Anacortes even better? The answers came from people throughout our community.…