The City of Hastings, a classic Mississippi River town, enjoys a commercially vibrant, historically intact downtown district that serves local residents with a variety of services and retail options, and attracts visitors from around the region. A number of changes, either already in the works or visible on the horizon, prompted the City to hire HKGi to complete a Livable Communities Grant application to help fund a downtown master planning effort that will help the City guide those changes so they have a positive effect on the downtown.
Highlights of the Downtown Master Plan include: greater connections between Downtown and the Mississippi Riverfront; identification of a number of potential