City of Davenport issued the following announcement on Jan. 30.
Congratulations to Davenport developer Chris Ales for being recognized in the Best Development Awards of 1000 Friends of Iowa for his renovated Naval Station project!
The Naval Station, built in 1904 has served as a grade school, naval training station and storage facility. Ales renovated the building to 18 mixed income senior apartments. 1000 Friends of Iowa called it “an excellent example of an adaptive reuse of an historic building with an integrated stormwater management system.”
Ales received the award recently in Des Moines alongside State Sens. Jim Lykam and Mark Lofgren and State Rep. Cindy Winckler. The project received state and federal historic preservation tax credits, federal Community Development Block Grant funds, state brownfield tax credits, help from the City of Davenport's Urban Revitalization Tax Exemption program and the state's former Enterprise Zone program along with other funding.
Founded in 1998, 1000 Friends of Iowa is a statewide nonprofit organization focused on land use education. Its mission is to unite Iowans in efforts to protect farmland and natural areas, revitalize neighborhoods, towns and cities, and improve the quality of life for future generations.
Original source can be found here.
Source: City of Davenport
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