To transform downtown Lockport, IL into a vibrant, welcoming shopping and entertainment district, extensive revitalization efforts were needed. The City first hired our team for master plan work to improve the aesthetics of downtown Lockport and enhance its vitality while adhering to historic society guidelines. Once plans were approved, we provided construction support and on-going construction oversight for various components of the project, including pedestrian improvements and charming enhancements such as brick paver sidewalks, limestone outcroppings and planters, bicycle racks, benches with custom laser etch pattern, trash receptacles, and parkway landscaping. The first phase of the improvements was awarded the APWA Public Works 2020 Project of the Year: Southwest Branch for transportation projects in the $5- to $25-million range.