By WCLO – Nov 22, 2022 A vacant building in downtown Beloit is set to be demolished and turned into an outdoor space as part of a $16 to $20 million development project. Director of Strategic Communication Sarah Lock says the property at 80-100 East Grand Avenue will be turned into a vibrant outdoor Read more…
By Sara Myers, Beloit Daily News – Nov 22, 2022 BELOIT- The Thanksgiving holiday is coming this Thursday followed by the busy holiday shopping season that follows with Black Friday on Nov. 25, Small Business Saturday Nov. 26 and Cyber Monday on Nov. 28. Many small businesses in the Beloit area are getting Read more…
By Abriela Thiel, NBC15 – Nov. 19, 2022 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The City of Beloit will bring in the holiday cheer with their 30th annual Grand Lighted Holiday Parade in downtown Beloit! On Friday, Nov. 25, the event will start with Santa arriving at 6 p.m. for the tree lighting. The parade will Read more…
By Justin Kelley, 13 WREX News Nov 16, 2022 Beloit (WREX) — A familiar holiday event is set to return to Beloit next weekend That event is the Grand Lighted Holiday Parade and it is set to return to its traditional form after the pandemic. The parade has been a holiday staple for three decades Read more…
BELOIT—The Grand Lighted Holiday Parade will return to Beloit this year and is marking three decades of making the season brighter. The Downtown Beloit Association and City of Beloit are happy to present the parade which will return to its traditional form after a few challenging years of the pandemic. Floats and parade participants Read more…
By WCLO – Nov 9, 2022 The Beloit International Film Festival’s BIFF Year Round film series returns to the Downtown Beloit Association’s downtown office. Executive Director Greg Gerard says the film “God’s Petting You,” is an R-rated buddy crime drama. Gerard says the film will be followed by a Q and A with director Read more…
By WCLO – Nov 6, 2022 The city of Beloit and the Downtown Beloit Association are bringing back a full-scale Grand Holiday Lighted Parade this year. Downtown Beloit Association Executive Director Shauna El-Amin says the route will go all the way down Grand Ave from Third Street to Park Avenue and they welcome back Read more…
By Abriela Thiel, NBC15 – Nov. 3, 2022 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The Grand Lighted Holiday Parade is returning to downtown Beloit this holiday season. The Downtown Beloit Association said the fan-favorite event will return to downtown Beloit on Friday, Nov. 25. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 and 2021 the parade was Read more…
By Kevin Haas, Rock River Current – Nov 1, 2022 BELOIT, Wis. — Blue Collar Coffee Co. has opened in its new location across from the Ironworks campus in downtown. The cafe moved about a quarter-mile from Pleasant Street to 108 W. Grand Ave. in downtown. Truk’t, a street taco restaurant also owned by Geronimo Hospitality Read more…
By Jacob Roushia, Beloit Daily News – Nov 1, 2022 BELOIT- Blue Collar Coffee Co. welcomed a crowd to its new location at Grand Avenue on Tuesday. “We saw a great turnout for the first day,” said Dennis Fenrick, area director of restaurants for Geronimo Hospitality Group. “Many people stopped by and we’re Read more…
