Beloit officials hold out economic hope

By STAN STRICKER ( Contact ) Monday, March 30, 2009

Podcast Episode

WCLO's Stan Stricker reports on reasons why the City of Beloit is holding out hope for the local economy

Beloit officials are working to retain, and even grow, a solid business base, despite a tough economy.

Assistant City Manager Steve Gregg says the Greater Beloit Economic Development Corporation has stepped up its business visitation program in recent weeks. Gregg says the effort has received positive feedback from most companies. The food cluster of industries appears to be doing well, with some even growing and adding additional production lines. To further give hope to an area with unemployment numbers as high as anywhere in the state, Gregg says the City has also received some inquiries in recent weeks, by companies doing site selection work.

He says, that just goes to show, the area is still attractive for economic development.

Before you post a comment, consider this:

Note: GazetteXtra.com does not condone or review every comment. Read more in our User Policy Agreement

Keep it clean. Comments that are obscene, vulgar or sexually oriented will be removed. Creative spelling of such terms or implied use of such language is banned, also.
Don't threaten to hurt or kill anyone.
Be nice. No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person.
Harassing comments. If you are the subject of a harassing comment or personal attack by another user, do not respond in-kind. Hit the "Suggest Removal" button on offensive comments.
Share what you know. Give us your eyewitness accounts, background, observations and history.
Do not libel anyone. Libel is writing something false about someone that damages that person's reputation.
Ask questions. What more do you want to know about the story?
Stay focused. Keep on the story's topic.
Help us get it right. If you spot a factual error or misspelling, email newsroom@gazettextra.com or call 1-800-362-6712.
Remember, this is our site. We set the rules, and we reserve the right to remove any comments that we deem inappropriate.

Post Comment

Commenting requires registration.

News:

Opinion:

Blogs | Columns | Political Cartoons | Polls

Sports:

Multimedia:

Community:

Births | Couples | Obituaries | Death Notices

Blogs

Blog List | Latest Blog Entries

Services:

Reader Rewards | Retail Locations

Copyright ©2007 Bliss Communications Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this material and this site are subject to the GazetteExtra Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Content may not be published, broadcast, re-distributed or re-written.