Knoxville’s downtown will be assessed this week by members of the Iowa Economic Development Authority Downtown Resource Center. Interim City Manager Heather Ussery says the assessment is an on-site study of the downtown, including a public presentation at the end of the visit and a written report that will help Knoxville administrators with planning efforts.

“We’ll start on Tuesday. There will be five downtown specialists from the Iowa Economic Development Authority. They will start with a tour of the community and downtown. After that, they’ll have consecutive interviews with focus groups Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday, May 6th, there will be a public presentation at the Grand Theater at noon. That’s where the specialists will give their report to the community.”

Capacity inside the Grand Theater will be limited to 50 percent. A written report will follow within six weeks.