Friends of Riverfront Park gathered on the green space yesterday for music and the cause of saving it.
Developers are working through the process of having the city-owned, state and federally-designated parkland converted. The development proposal is for a four-building, 143-unit apartment complex. Joyce Harant is with the Friends of the Park.
She says they’ve planted flags to show the footprint of the proposed development.
“When you come out here and see those flags, go to the Alzheimer's Memorial, go to the Dan Fogelberg Memorial and say where and heck are they going to have their people gather for those events," Harant said. "It’s gone. It’s history. The prairie is gone. Gone is the calm nature of Constitution Park.”
Harant says the group hopes the flags will remain in place Friday.
Details about the City of Peoria’s Conversion Application for Riverfront Park are here.