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A $22 million downtown Rockford redevelopment plan suffered a setback Wednesday as the Rockford Zoning Board of Appeals voted against a plan to modify a parking lot.
Rockford City Hall 425 East State Street 1926 Winnebago County Courthouse Annex 403 Elm Street 1916-1917 Chick House: 119-123 South Main Street 1857 February 7, 1997 Elks Club Building [4] 210 West Jefferson Street 1912 Abraham Lincoln Junior High School 1500 Charles Street 1925-1927 Beyer Stadium Ticket Gatehouse [5] 311 15th Avenue
Dickey via a subsidiary company purchased the former Rockford Register Star News Tower, 99 E. State St., for $1.7 million in 2021 to renovate and restore the building as Iconic Energy headquarters.
A task force was created in 1986 to preserve the deteriorating west downtown district. The Chick House was recognized in 1997, the Rockford Morning Star Building in 1999, the William Brown Building in 2000, and the Rockford Elk's Lodge #64 in 2005. On September 5, 2007, the West Downtown Rockford Historic District was recognized as a historic ...
The Rockford Intercity Passenger Rail is a proposed Metra inter-city rail service between Chicago and Rockford, Illinois. The project is being led by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) funded with $275 million through the Rebuild Illinois capital plan.
Jeff Kolkey writes about government, economic development and other issues for the Rockford Register Star. He can be reached at (815) 987-1374, via email at jkolkey@rrstar.com and on X @jeffkolkey .
From the late 1950s, downtown Rockford (centered around the intersection of IL 2 and US 20; Main Street and West State Street) began to decline as the primary shopping district of the city. In 1956, North Towne Mall opened on the far northwest side of the city, with Colonial Village opening on the (then) far east side in 1962, both of which ...
Jeff Kolkey writes about government, economic development and other issues for the Rockford Register Star. He can be reached at (815) 987-1374, via email at jkolkey@rrstar.com and on X @jeffkolkey .