By Blake Dietz Feb 27, 2024 BELOIT, Wis. (WTVO) — The City of Beloit is offering downtown business owners $30,000 per unit to create affordable apartments above their storefronts. Americans are grappling with rising rent prices and the shortage of affordable housing options is plaguing cities across the country. According to the City, Read more…
By Daily News Staff. Feb 27, 2024 BELOIT — Funding now is available to create additional housing units in downtown Beloit while preserving economic vitality and the historic culture of the community. The Downtown Upper Floor Housing grant program was authorized by the Beloit City Council on Monday, Feb. 19. This program provides funding Read more…
Maddie Heimsch. Feb 27, 2024 BELOIT, Wis. — The City of Beloit is allocating part of its $12 million housing fund to help create housing units in the upper levels of downtown businesses in an attempt to address both the housing crisis and the need for downtown revitalization at once. The city will Read more…
Feb 21, 2024 A newly launched grant program in Beloit hopes to make housing more readily available. Economic Development Director Drew Pennington says the purpose of the grants are to offer financial incentives to create new housing units in the upper floors of their downtown buildings. Pennington says eligible improvements include upgrading Read more…
By Rachel Brands Staff Writer. Feb 5, 2024 BELOIT — For Bob Christidis, owner of The Olive Branch, 2024 is the year that his long hours of work are set to finally pay off. Bob, his wife Michele, and their hardworking team of close-knit employees have been operating the Greek food truck in Read more…
By Clint Wolf Editor. Feb 4, 2024 BELOIT — The Downtown Beloit Association has scheduled its annual Awards Dinner on Leap Day, Thursday, Feb. 29. So of course the theme of the celebratory event is “Take a Leap Downtown.” The event will feature awards presented to individuals and downtown businesses. The accomplishments of Read more…
Beloit Daily News Staff, June 22, 2023 BELOIT — More than 40 community members have used their artistic talents to create butterflies for the Beloit Art Center’s Butterly Beloit fundraiser. The decorated butterflies will be auctioned and the proceeds will be used to support Beloit Community Art Programming and Scholarships. “Last year’s Read more…
By Rececca Ribley June 21, 2023 (WKOW) — Make Music Day is happening in several places in southern Wisconsin Wednesday. The day is held annually on June 21, the longest day of the year. It’s part of an international summer solstice music celebration happening in more than 1,000 cities nationwide— including Madison, Middleton, Sun Prairie and Beloit. Read more…
By Christina Lorey, June 21, 2023 Madison’s market gets all the hype. But another Badger State mainstay snuck its way onto the 2023 list of “Best Markets in America.” Holidu, a vacation search engine, decided to find out which U.S. farmers’ markets are the highest-rated. After scoring more than 1,500 farmers’ markets across all Read more…
WCLO Local News, June 14, 2023 Job seekers in Rock County can take part in a virtual job fair next week. Rock County Job Center Business Services Manager Gail Graham says while it is a virtual job fair, it’s a little unique in that it features a mobile computer lab at the Gantry Plaza Read more…
