More than 20 citizens attended the last opportunity to provide feedback on the Mount Vernon Streetscape Plan during an open house Wednesday, Aug. 7, at First Street Community Center.

Those in attendance asked about changes to parking in the uptown as presented, as well as some of the changes that indicated improvements to adjacent alleys and sidewalks. JEO consultants noted one big change in the plans as presented will be raising the height on some of the sidewalks in the uptown to help reduce the slope of the sidewalks.

While a final plan of the streetscape will be presented to the city council by the end of the calendar year, city administrator Chris Nosbisch and assistant city administrator Lori Boren have signaled any improvements are at least another three years out, most likely waiting until after the improvements to Hwy. 1 are completed by Iowa Department of Transportation to not have two thoroughfares of the city closed at once.