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36 | I nsIgh t • J u n e 2 0 14 w w w . i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m i n s i g h t o n E C O N O M I C DEVELOPMENT B y M a r y B e t h M a t z e k D owntown Appleton may have a completely different look by the end of the decade if two large development projects continue to move forward. is spring, two long-discussed projects – a new Appleton Public Library and the Fox Cities Expo Center – have taken big steps Fox Valley Region stepped forward to announce it would invest $5 million in bonds for a new downtown exposition center, which would be located behind the Radisson Paper Valley hotel. Another less visible project is also in Transformation time New library, proposed expo center will give downtown Appleton a new look c o u r t e s y o f c r a i g a u g u s t i n e a n d t h e f o x c i t i e s c o n v e n t i o n & v i s i t o r s B u r e a u forward. e library board voted to build a new library overlooking the Fox River on the site where trinity Lutheran Church and Fox Banquets & Rivertyme Catering now stand, while the Community Foundation for the The completion of the renovated Houdini Plaza (foreground) boosted downtown Appleton in 2013. Other downtown projects in the works include a new library on the current site of Trinity Lutheran Church and Fox Banquets & Rivertyme Catering as well as a new expo center behind the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel.