by Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News – January 7, 2021 The 16th Annual Beloit International Film Festival (BIFF) is going to kick offits 16th annual festival with a drive-through reveal party. Attendees can pick up theirprogram books on Feb. 9 from 6—8 p.m. on Spine Road outside BIFF’s Irontek officeat 636 Third St.“We are going Read more…

by Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News – January 25, 2021 Beloit International Film Festival (BIFF) favorites including the Silent FilmShowcase, the Sing Along and the First National Bank Classic Film, will all bepresented in a special Drive-In setting during BIFF 2021.The screenings will take place in an Ironworks Campus parking lot in downtownBeloit and will Read more…

Beloit Daily News – January 20, 2021 Development director played key role in renewing Beloit.As John F. Kennedy said, “Victory has a thousand fathers …”Andrew Janke, who has worked diligently to improve Beloit for more than 30 years,understands the concept. He displayed a consummate ability to work within thesystem and build the team, both public Read more…

by Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News – January 19, 2021 A report aimed at spurring economic growth in Beloit and the StatelineArea shows the region is ripe with future business opportunities.The Beloit City Council heard a presentation by Belmark and Associates regardingthe 10-Mile City Report, a document that erases municipal, county and state lines toshow Read more…

by Beth Webb, Janesville Gazette – January 14, 2021 Lucy’s #7 is not your typical burger place.Located in the heart of downtown Beloit in the Phoenix building, its interior is rusticwith exposed brick walls, tables with black Windsor chairs, lots of wood for thathomey feel and Edison bulb fixtures that provide ambient lighting. The restaurant Read more…

by Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News – January 14, 2021 It’s only fitting that Beloit Economic Development Director Andrew Jankeretires on a day that bears his name, but he wants the community to know thedecades spent rebuilding and growing Beloit weren’t his successes alone.Janke started with the city as the Downtown Beloit Association Director inSeptember Read more…

by Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News – January 10, 2021 The City of Beloit has hired a former business strategist as its nexteconomic development director.In a news release, the city announced the hiring of Jennifer Hall who will serve aseconomic development director and as president of the Greater Beloit EconomicDevelopment Corporation (GBEDC).Hall previously worked as Read more…

by Eric Schmoldt, Janesville Gazette – January 8, 2021 It wasn’t long ago that it looked like minor league baseball would be gone from Beloit.Now it’s one of the most anticipated sports stories in 2021 and for years to come, with a new ownership group, a new stadium being built, new alignment with the Miami Read more…

by Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News – December 22, 2020 It’s been a unique holiday season for retailers, as small shop owners trytheir hand at technology and toss in the occasional cocoa bomb as they work tocompete for customers with the big online giants.At Pizzazz Gift & Apparel Boutique, 313 State St., owner Christine Drake Read more…

Beloit Daily News – December 16, 2020 Baseball poised to bring more success to the city center.“Play ball,” may be the familiar sound of spring for baseball fans, but for years aroundthese parts it was just as likely to be: “Snappers still here?”Answer: Yes, and apparently the team will be in Beloit for a long Read more…