Rock Falls Riverfront Hotel Finally Open

Northern Public Radio | By Guy Stephens

Published May 6, 2016 at 10:56 AM CDT

Rock Falls’ redevelopment of its riverfront just took an important step forward. A Holiday Inn Express & Suites built on the former industrial site opened for business Thursday. The hotel’s completion was delayed repeatedly by a number of unrelated factors. But SaukValley.com reports Rock Falls Mayor Bill Wescott thinks it was worth the wait. Westcott says, after decades cleaning up the former brownfield site, having the hotel up and running is a huge psychological boost to the city, and a boost to its efforts to revitalize the local economy.

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Guy Stephens produces news stories for the station and coordinates the online events calendar, PSAs and arts calendar announcements. In these roles, Stephens helps keep the listening community informed about what is happening at the national and local levels. He has degrees in music and spent several years as a classical host on WNIU. After nearly 20 years with Northern Public Radio, the best description of his job may be "other duties as required."

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