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Grand Island kicks off holiday season with Railside Christmas
Grand Island followed Hastings in kicking off the holiday season with Railside Christmas on Friday evening.

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The Railside Business Improvement District  (BID) is a public/private partnership in which property owners elect to make a collective contribution to the maintenance, development and promotion of their commercial district.  It is dedicated to improving and reinforcing existing assets within the district while also encouraging new and exciting investment by developing a stronger sense of place within both the local and regional community.

AREAS OF FOCUS

  • Business Development

  • Cultural Development

  • Cleanliness

  • Community Safety

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3 Lofts
3 Lofts

110 West 3rd Street
(308) 390-2455

Bartenbach
Bartenbach Building

118 West 2nd Street
(402) 309-9935

E-Mail: bartenbachbuilding@gmail.com

Corridor Building
Corridor Building

112 West 2nd Street
(308) 227-6213

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Easy Street
Easy Street Apartments

411 West 3rd Street
(308) 218-9497

GW Building
GW Building

206 North Locust Street
(308) 390-2700

Hedde Building
Hedde Building

201 West 3rd Street
(308) 390-2455

Michelson Lofts
Michelson Lofts

320 North Pine Street
(308) 227-6213

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Pine Street Apartments
Pine Street Apartments

306 North Pine Street
(308) 380-0579 - Ziller Properties

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Schumacher Building
Schumacher Building

211 1/2 North Wheeler Street
(308) 381-0923

Sievers Building
Sievers Building

102 West 2nd Street
(308) 380-1419

Temple Lofts
Temple Lofts

210 North Walnut Street
(308) 380-0579 - Ziller Properties

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The Diplomat
The Diplomat

324 West Koenig Street
(308) 383-4116

The Key Apartments
The Key Apartments

207 1/2 North Wheeler Street
(308) 398-1303

The Yancey
The Yancey

123 North Locust Street
(308) 381-7242

Tower 217
Tower 217

217 North Locust Street
(308) 227-6213

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let's hear from you!

Mary Czaplewski

So much fun at the Grand Theatre watching It's a Wonderful Life. We were met with so many friendly smiling faces. Thank you!!

- Mary Czaplewski

Seraphina Kensington

Wow, what a beautiful Christmas tree! Truly magical and perfect for the season!

- Seraphina Kensington

Peg Wirth

I love people that have a vision of what can be and follow through with it. ❤️

- Peg Wirth

Barbara Stobbe-Fuller

A big hearty “thank you” to the owners for bringing this building back to life! This will be another Railside gem ❤️

- Barbara Stobbe-Fuller

Dana Jelinek

Thank you to all the developers who have taken off 1970s metal facades, returned windows to buildings, and brought architectural character back to this historic district. You are amazing!!!

- Dana Jelinek

The Archives

So many wonderful places to pick from, or enjoy all, in Railside!!

- The Archives

Pamela Morriss

It was beautiful! Thank you so much to all the vendors that showed up tonight.And all the volunteers that came to help with everything!❤️❤️❤️

- Pamela Morriss

Julie Ditter-Owens

They window artists have done an amazing job! So festive! ☃️❄️🎅🎁

- Julie Ditter-Owens

Ruth Liedle

Thank you to the volunteers that keep downtown looking so beautiful.

- Ruth Liedle

Railside history

It all started in the 1850s

In the 1850s, three Iowa-based businessmen saw the economic potential of a town near the Platte's Grand "Island" and speculated that the railroad would soon follow. The venture went bankrupt, but the 37 settlers hired to start "Grand Island City" stayed.

The Lincoln Highway

In 1916 the first paved coast to coast roadway known as the Lincoln Highway came to town and connected New York to San Francisco.

World War II

Grand Island was home to thousands of soldiers, airmen and even prisoners of war. A large Army installation west of the city was the site of the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant. Over 4,000 people, including many women, were employed at this facility that produced ammunition and bombs for the war effort.

First Post Office

Supervising Architect of the Treasury James Knox Taylor designed the new post office and federal building in Grand Island, authorizing the final architectural plans in 1908. Workers completed the building, which officially opened on November 26, 1910, at a cost of $108,000.00.