Charles Economic Development News Today

The eastern gateway for St. Charles is more than an entrance to the city. With restaurants, shopping centers and big-box retailers, the stretch along Main Street/Route 64 is a destination for diners a...

The St. Charles Chamber of Commerce on Friday presented longtime local attorney Jim Cooke with its highest honor: the Charlemagne Award.

Restaurants near the First Street Plaza construction in downtown St. Charles will not have to pay the city for outdoor dining permits for the next 100 days in an effort to offset the hindrances caused by the construction, including dust, noise and limited accessibility.

With the First Street plaza construction getting underway downtown, St. Charles officials are considering waiving outdoor dining fees, at least for the first half of the season, for restaurants that may be negatively impacted.

The St. Charles Plan Commission is recommending approval of a planned unit development, or PUD, change to allow for a new grocer to construct a 20-foot free-standing sign at the former Blue Goose Market location.

While the city is still keeping the business identity confidential, officials are working to bring a "premium national grocer" to the location, St. Charles Economic Development Director Derek Conley said.

(KWNO)- Former St. Charles Mayor Bill Spitzer will run for Winona County Commissioner, he announced in a press...

The St. Charles Council has voted to create a tax increment financing district to spur the redevelopment of the shuttered Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles.

The public will have the chance to comment next month on a proposal to create a tax increment financing district to spur the redevelopment of the shuttered Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles.

St. Charles aldermen want to start over with the process of redeveloping the citys former police station along the Fox River.