Downtown Topeka has seen progress over the years, but there’s still more room for growth. In the past five years, major projects include The Pennant opening in March 2018, The Cyrus Hotel opening in 2019, Evergy Plaza opening in March 2020, new pocket parks and more. Highly anticipated projects still to come include the two-story restaurant lounge Ta.Co at 735 S. Kansas Ave., a revived restoration project for Jayhawk Theatre and a new Polk-Quincy Viaduct. Ashley Gilfillan, president of Downtown Topeka Inc., said downtown is getting back to a sense of community and walkability. “Yes, it’s the economic development of it in stores, buildings and residents,” Gilfillan said, “but I think that it also offers a culture and kind of like a home feeling in place making.”
Source: CJonline
