South Beloit nature preserve key to economic development

South Beloit leaders are looking to a nature preserve in its downtown area to create more ways to connect the city to downtown Beloit, Wisconsin.

”We all collaborate, and see ourselves as one big community, so we want folks visiting Beloit to see that South Beloit is simply an extension of that,” said Julie Uram, executive director of Nature At The Confluence.

Uram said adding amenities to the 80-acre nature preserve is a perfect way to do that. That is why the facility will soon include a park on its south end and an expanded border to the north.

“The connecting little paths and trails to help people easily get from Wisconsin to Illinois,” Uram said...

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