Downtown Valparaiso

Plans to turn Valparaiso's former Boys & Girls Club into a boutique hotel have taken another step forward. The city council Monday adopted a planned unit development ordinance for the future Grand Gardner Hotel.

Plans to turn Valparaiso's former Boys & Girls Club into a boutique hotel are moving forward, but parking remains a concern for city council members. The city council is considering a planned unit development ordinance for the Grand Gardner Hotel. The project would re-purpose the 1899 Gardner School that for decades housed the Boys & Girls Club into a 58-room hotel, restaurant and banquet hall.

The Valparaiso City Council is supporting a measure that would allow for future incentives for a boutique hotel development. Urschel Development plans to convert the 1899 Gardner School that for decades housed the Boys & Girls Club into a 58-room Grand Gardner Hotel.

Another Downtown Valparaiso building will soon meet the wrecking ball. The city's board of works last week hired C. Lee Construction to tear down 306 Lincolnway for a cost of up to $156,400.

Downtown Valparaiso's parking projects continue to move forward.

Road closures are coming to central Valparaiso this week.

A few downtown Valparaiso buildings will soon be demolished and replaced with a parking garage, among other projects.

Downtown Valparaiso may have wider sidewalks and less street parking in the future. A draft of the new Elevate Valpo Downtown Vision Plan was presented to the city council Monday.

The City of Valparaiso has a new roadmap for the coming years. Mayor Matt Murphy announced the completion of a new strategic plan during Monday's city council meeting.

VALPARAISO - The once-grand and still historic Valparaiso mansion, known most recently as the White House restaurant, is coming down.The building will be…