DOWNTOWN KENOSHA INC
EIN 46-5181193 · Urban & Community Economic Development (S31)
What they do
FOUR VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES (DESIGN, ORGANIZATION, PROMOTION, and ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING) WERE ESTABLISHED and EACH DEVELOPED WORK PLANS to SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES and BRING NEW CUSTOMERS DOWNTOWN. KENOSHA WAS DESIGNATED A MAIN STREET COMMUNITY IN JULY 2013 AND, IN OCTOBER 2014, DOWNTOWN KENOSHA, INC. RECEIVED ITS 501(C)(3) STATUS AS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION. DOWNTOWN KENOSHA, INC. HOSTS PROMOTIONAL EVENTS--INCLUDING MONTHLY SECOND SATURDAY EVENTS, A HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING and DOWNTOWN DECORATING EVENT, A WINTER SNOW DAZE FESTIVAL, and AN EASTER EVENT--TO IMPROVE THE PERCEPTION of DOWNTOWN and ATTRACT A GROWING CUSTOMER BASE to DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. DOWNTOWN KENOSHA, INC. ALSO COORDINATED VISITS and WORKED ON FEASIBILITY STUDIES for PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPERS to REDEVELOP VACANT PROPERTIES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. DOWNTOWN KENOSHA, INC. DEVELOPED PLANS and APPLIED for GRANTS for INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS and TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE to IMPROVE DOWNTOWN KENOSHA?S PUBLIC SPACE, STREETSCAPE, ROADS, T
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BILL SIELDIRECTOR
BRIT WINDELDIRECTOR
DEREK PETERSENPRESIDENT
MICK KELLYVICE PRESIDENT
About this charity
- Location
- 812 56TH ST, KENOSHA, WI 53140
- County
- Kenosha
- In care of
- DEREK PETERSEN
- Primary officer
- DEREK PETERSEN, President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2023
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2023
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- ANDREA & ORENDORFF
- NTEE classification
- Urban & Community Economic Development (S31)
- IRS tax category
- Urban & Community Economic Development
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes