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This architectural rendering shows the exterior of the proposed Woodman’s Sports and Convention Center, the ice arena and indoor sports complex the city and a private-sector group hopes to build adjacent to Uptown Janesville at the site of the former Sears department store.

A preliminary rendering shows hockey players playing on the main ice sheet and the stands at a proposed indoor sports complex at Uptown Janesville. Woodman’s Food Market, the project’s main private sponsor, has kicked in an additional $1 million, boosting the $50 million project’s private-side funding to $5.6 million. Woodman’s previously had committed $2 million for main naming rights for the arena.

A preliminary rendering shows hockey players playing on the main ice sheet and the stands at a proposed indoor sports complex at Uptown Janesville. An updated timeline for approval of the Woodman’s Sports and Convention Center showed the Janesville City Council is not likely to vote on a construction plan until after the spring 2023 election, where four council seats will be up for grabs

Phoenix Investors, which is developing 500,000 square feet of industrial space in Beloit, is just one of several institutional investors that are putting their money into industrial development projects in the Janesville-Beloit corridor.

The commercial real estate team of Shultz & Mears represented the buyer and seller in a transaction for the buildings located at 946 & 966 Center Ave in Janesville. The sale has given a renaissance to the former Babcock Outdoors property, becoming the new home of contractor Avondale Roofing.

(Rock County, WI) No doubt, the elements of uncertainty and skepticism weaved their way into the economy during the third quarter of this calendar year. Despite those macro-level conditions, the local economy managed to generate a few noteworthy benchmarks. These items, as well as others, are highlighted in today's release of the Q3 2022 Rock Ready Index.

Preliminary road work is being completed at the Paddock Solar Project in the Town of Beloit near Highway 213 and West County Road Q. Both the Paddock solar project and one in Albany in Green County are expected to be complete by the end of 2023.

The intersection of Humes Road and Milton Avenue in Janesville sees thousands of cars per day. Transportation leaders gathered in Janesville on Tuesday to discuss how to move people around the state into the future, and how to pay for that.

Taking shape since August of last year, Alliant Energy’s 473-acre North Rock solar farm is, as of this week, officially ready to pump electricity onto the grid.

Blackhawk Technical College Vice President of Finance and College Operations Renea Ranguette, BTC Fire and Emergency Services Program Coordinator Rob Balsamo, BTC Director of Advancement and Foundation Lisa Hurda, Blackhawk’s Law Enforcement Program Coordinator Troy Egger, BTC President Tracy Pierner, Janesville School District Superintendent and Blackhawk District Board Member Mark Holzman. Co-President of JP Cullen George Cullen, Senior Vice President of Corporate Services at Prent and Blackhawk District Board Member Rachel Andres and Principal Architect at Angus-Young Bradley Werginz gather to celebrate the groundbreaking of Blackhawk Technical College’s New Public Safety Education Center.