AltonWorks proposes new vision for riverfront
ALTON -- Americans love their national parks. According to the National Park Service, about 312 million people visited national parks in 2022, a 5% increase from 2021. National parks bring in billions of dollars in economic activity to regions across the country for small and large cities alike. A proposal to establish a national park in the Illinois, Mississippi, and Missouri river valleys and the riverfront seeks to do just that in the Metro-East and Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area. […]
