Jim Keeling is on the board that is helping to facilitate the drive to bring the International Women’s Baseball Outdoor Museum to Rockford. Jim also discusses new construction coming to Beyer Stadium that will honor the Rockford Peaches, and shares that an Amazon Prime TV Series on women’s baseball will be coming to Rockford for filming.
Runtime: 9 minutes
Bill Grennell of The Literacy Council discusses the mission and details their partnership with Jersey Mike's Subs in March for their Month of Giving. Bill also outlines the challenges of connecting with clients during COVID-19 - and the need for volunteers.
Runtime: 8 minutes
Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara joins Steve Summers on This Week in the Stateline to talk about new homes being built near Auburn High School, an upcoming resource fair and more.
Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara joins Steve Summers on This Week in the Stateline to catch up on news from the past few weeks, including the announcement that Metra is coming to downtown Rockford and the approval of the Barber-Colman redevelopment into Colman Yards.
"You can't have a strong city when you have 26 acres of a terribly dilapidated land that your city owns," McNamara said. "This is going to increase property values. This is going to attract residents to our communities. This is going to create good-paying jobs. This benefits all of us."
He also talked about the $200 million Rockford FiberCity initiative and the new Rockford Public Art Trail.
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