New Things in the Beloit Area—Or Coming Soon!
Even during a pandemic, new things in the Beloit area continue to develop! There are many things under construction or newly opened. Take a look at just a few below.
Wright & Wagner Lofts—Opening Soon
Wright & Wagner Lofts is Hendricks Commercial Properties’ newest residential development in Downtown Beloit.
Located at 200 W. Grand Ave, these 54 lofted 1-bedroom apartment homes will be ready to move in Memorial Day weekend.
Read more about it and apply online: www.wrightandwagner.com
New Baseball Stadium and New Team Affiliation
The Beloit Snappers received a formal invitation from Major League Baseball to become the Advanced-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. The prospective move will elevate Beloit to the Advanced-A classification after 39 years at the Class A level while aligning the team with a Marlins franchise that reached the playoffs in 2020 and boasts the fifth-best farm system in baseball according to MLB Pipeline.
Read full press release here!
ABC Supply Stadium—Under Construction
Beloit will have a new gathering place for affordable family fun in 2021 with the opening of the brand new downtown ABC Supply Stadium. The multi-use facility will host Beloit’s Minor League Baseball team during the summer and a full slate of outdoor and indoor community events throughout the calendar year!
Featuring a gameday capacity of 3,500 and state-of-the-art amenities, Beloit’s new stadium will be one of the Midwest’s finest minor league sporting facilities. With artificial turf, spacious party decks and group areas, and a 5,000 square foot indoor stadium club, the stadium will be available for youth sports, conventions, concerts, and community events year-round, bringing thousands of customers to downtown Beloit throughout the year.
Strategically built alongside the beautiful Rock River with the stadium’s main entrance facing downtown, the stadium will play an important role in the continued economic growth of downtown Beloit, adding another feature destination to downtown for tourists and citizens alike.
Click here for more information.
Check out an aerial tour below.
5Bar—Now Open
530 E. Grand Ave., Beloit
5Bar opened on October 16 in Downtown Beloit. The bar has a retro atmosphere and a menu that will continuously rotate in and out five special food or drink items each month, with humorous or unusual names to spark up conversations with customers. The bar is meant to look and feel like a living room. There are couches in place of bar stools and bookshelves store bottles instead of cabinets.
New Indoor Winter Farmers’ Market
557 E. Grand Ave., Beloit
The Downtown Beloit Association is hosting a Winter Farmers’ Market for the first time this year in their new office/event space in Downtown Beloit. There will be seventeen local vendors selling their wares and products every Saturday, November through April.
Click here for more information.
The Happy Homestead—Now Open!
635 Broad St., Beloit
The Happy Homestead is a home décor store featuring styles of Country Vintage, Beach Cottage, Lake Cabin, Contemporary, and Boho. Their goal is to cater to a variety of decorating styles in a homey, comfy atmosphere.
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Beloit College Powerhouse & Riverwalk—Now Open
850 Pleasant St., Beloit
Don’t let that smokestack fool you—this is no factory. This is the Beloit College Powerhouse, a $38 million project that repurposed the decommissioned Blackhawk Generating Station into a 120,000 sq. ft. student union, recreation center, and athletics facility on the Rock River.
The Powerhouse is a first-of-its-kind facility in the country designed by the world-renowned architectural firm, Studio Gang. In 2018, the project received the top prize at the World Architecture Festival.
The Riverwalk you see in these photos is newly constructed. A public-private partnership including Alliant Energy, Beloit 200, Beloit College, City of Beloit, Kerry Ingredients, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation made the project happen.
This completed section fills in an 850-foot gap in public access to fills in the missing connection between Beloit College, downtown businesses, and the future Minor League baseball stadium currently under construction.
Get more information about the Powerhouse here.
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Additional New Businesses To Discover
Here are several other businesses we have added recently that we encourage you to check out!
Donaconcha Mexican Food (Food Truck)
Drunken Tacos (Food Truck)
Local Blessings (Gifts & Specialties)
And There Is More!
Are you curious about all of the residential, industrial, and commercial developments taking place throughout the greater Beloit region? Learn all about what’s underway with the Greater Beloit Economic Development Organization.
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