UW-P Presidential Plaza Project

Cuba City has been awarded an AARP Community Challenge Grant

This award will allow Cuba City to move forward on the project with no City dollars. We thank AARP, the Cuba City Telephone Company and the City of Presidents team for their assistance. UW-P provided a great deal of assistance in the design project, and their Art Department will paint the large 3D mural  and another design team will create the plans for a bicycle/walking path this fall.

Here is a link to the Wisconsin AARP announcement. Cuba City is highlighted at the midpoint of the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biCxz9Ryl1Q&feature=youtu.be

The press release announcing the award is attached below.

The Senior Design Team from UW-P recently completed their project on options to make the Presidential Plaza area by the Caboose, more of a community gathering space/tourism draw. Their final presentation is attached.

The City has now received donations from the Cuba City Telephone Company, the City of Presidents Committee and one other donor to create a downtown gathering place that will also bring new traffic to our Main Street businesses. No City dollars will be used in this project.The scope of work to be completed by December includes the following:

Create a 365 square yard green space along the south side of W Webster Street at Presidential Courtyard, Cuba City, WI 53807.
Organization will excavate, sod and add at least five (5) potted trees.
Organization will replace three (3) curb ramps near Presidential Courtyard, Cuba City, WI 53807, along W Webster Street and Main Street (STH 80) to make them ADA accessible.
Organization will commission a 700 square ground mural on the former driveway through the space. The three dimensional mural will feature a stream and also honor the front line personnel of the Covid-19 crisis.
Organization will install a Wi-Fi hotspot at Presidential Courtyard, Cuba City, WI 53807, to provide free internet access for all users of the plaza.
Organization will install a bike rack at Presidential Courtyard as well as games, a storage shed and three (3) new picnic tables with umbrellas. Chalk art supplies and a display for student art will also be provided.Speakers and an amplifier will be available to provide music.
Organization will install at least two (2) signs thanking the donors to the project.