Mayor Tom McNamara joins Steve Summers on This Week in the Stateline to talk about the city's public safety initiatives after the year-end crime data was released earlier this week. They also talked about Rockford ranking on the Wall Street Journal's emerging housing market list, Rockford Promise, new garbage bins coming to city residents and more.
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John Groh, president and CEO of the Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, joins Steve Summers on This Week in the Stateline to talk about the ways the city is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the debut of "A League of Their Own" and the new Amazon Prime series.
You can get free tickets to an early showing of the new series, which will play at 8 p.m Saturday, July 2 at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. The screening is preceded by a street fair starting at 6 p.m.
Groh said about 300 tickets were reserved in a two-hour span Wednesday after the tickets became available at 3 p.m.
"I think Rockford is going to be put in a really good light," Groh told Summers. "I just think it's so cool that we get to have this premier before anybody else in the country."
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Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara joins Steve Summers on This Week in the Stateline to recap a slew of recent news, from plans to upgrade Millennium Fountain in downtown Rockford to PCI Pharma Services plans to build a new $50 million facility here. The also discuss the appointment of Isidro Barrios as the new 11th Ward alderman, Jeanne Gang designing the future International Women's Baseball Center and upcoming construction on Charles Street.
Amy Newell, executive director of The Arc of Winnebago, Boone and Ogle Counties, joins Steve Summers on This Week in the Stateline to talk about the sweetest night of the year: the annual Chocoholic Frolic.
"It lets us get our next fill of the sweets that we've missed since Christmas time," Newell said.
Make an order here or listen to the full interview below.
