by Nick VanWagenen, Travel Wisconsin – March 10, 2021 Foodie Finds in Downtown Beloit (Rock County)Experience the worldly flavors of truk’t – street tacos, tequila and whiskey, serving Latin and other unique global-themed tacos while offering an extensive collection of over 100 tap beers, whiskeys, cocktails and tequilas. With options like the Pecking Duck or Read more…
WREX – February 27, 2021 With the pandemic slowing down retail business, entrepreneurs knew they needed to come up with something.Six women business owners came up with the ‘She Shop Hop.’ The event has the businesses put together a passport with all the stores listed on it. Each store put on their own deals and Read more…
by Lynda Wallis, Beloit Daily News – February 25, 2021 It’s midnight on a Friday, and Maria Perez’s weekend is just beginning.She and various family members—including four sons and her husband, Lazaro—travel to a kitchen in Madison to begin making between 300 and 600 tamales by hand for their business, Coco’s Tamales.It’s one of many Read more…
Beloit Daily News – February 24, 2021 A few days ago the Downtown Beloit Association held its annual meeting, virtually.There were a number of award recipients including me, with the DBA giving mesomething they called the Legacy Award. It cited 40-plus years as a journalist in theStateline Area, leading me to joke to friends and Read more…
by Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News – February 23, 2021 Many business owners were thrilled to learn they received a special honorat the Downtown Beloit Association (DBA) Annual Awards Luncheon.The event, which was held virtually on Feb. 11, showed a prerecorded awardsceremony. With its theme being the “DBA Bunch” mirroring off “The Brady Bunch”DBA staff Read more…
by Brad Allen, Beloit Daily News – February 21, 2021 Venturing out to catch a drive-in movie is something that Beloit resident Priscilla Cobb remembers fondly growing up. And on Friday night, she was able to share that experience with her grandchildren.On the opening day of the 16th annual Beloit International Film Festival (BIFF), Cobb Read more…
by Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News – February 17, 2021 With temperatures predicted to be in the 20s and above over the weekend, Beloit International Film Festival (BIFF) Executive Director Greg Gerard hopes movie fans will dress warmly and pull in for a drive-in movie or watch an online film after picking up food from Read more…
by Greg Little, Janesville Gazette – February 17, 2021 How irritating is it to walk into a theater and find all of the best seats taken? You know, the ones at the center of the middle rows that offer the best sight lines, peripherals and acoustics?Well, if you’re planning to take part in the 16th Read more…
Alliant Energy – February 10, 2021 Partnerships between local and state economic developers and Alliant Energy attracted new businesses to Wisconsin and encouraged existing businesses to expand their operations.Those collaborations led to 10 projects in 2020 that brought $326.4 million in new capital investment and created nearly 730 new jobs in communities within Alliant Energy’s Read more…
by Debra Jensen-DeHart, Beloit Daily News – February 8, 2021 There’s something about the sweet fragrance inside a floral shop that draws you in like a breath of fresh air. Shop owners in Beloit and South Beloit say even in a year when the COVID-19 virus has dampened many spirits and negatively impacted some area Read more…
