More than $5 million in state funding is headed to downtown Rockford to help restore the Times Theater and reconstruct Madison Street.
“We are very grateful to Governor Pritzker and our local delegation for awarding the City of Rockford more than $5 million in DCEO Rebuilding Downtowns and Main Streets grants," says Mayor McNamara. "More than $3 million will go towards renovating the historic Times Theater and $2 million will go towards Madison Street corridor improvements including, resurfacing Madison Street from E. State Street to Prairie Street, replacing over 100-year-old water main, sidewalk and bicycle improvement, and streetscape improvements.”
Administered by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Main Streets program provides financial support for commercial corridors and downtowns that have experienced disinvestment, particularly in communities hit the hardest during the COVID pandemic.
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