WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – The Wausau City Council’s Finance and Economic Development Committees took a look at two downtown development projects Tuesday.
One proposal is from the popular Urban Street Bistro food truck. The owners want to build a full restaurant on First Avenue, where the old West Side Battery and L&S Printing properties are. It was the only proposal submitted for the property, which the city bought last year.
The plan includes building a 99-seat restaurant with a full bar to be open six days a week.
The committee voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with that plan. It will now go to the full council March 28th.
Meanwhile, Cobblestone Hotels wants to build across the street from the Dudley Tower. Mark Craig, owner of Compass Properties which has a financial stake in the Jefferson Street Inn downtown, tells WAOW NewsLine Nine he is not sure if a second hotel is a good fit. “It’s not so much the competition, it’s whether the development is sustainable.”
The hotel plan is still in discussion and is in the early stages, there was no action taken Tuesday.
