Source: Rockford Register Star, Jeff Kolkey.
Tax
“Retail recovery not quite back to 2008” – 2013, Boone and Winnebago Counties
Source: Rockford Register Star 3/10/2013
Savant, ad – 2018, “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” presentation
Source: the Voice – of the Rockford Business Community, Rockford Chamber of Commerce, May 2018
“Metro tax endorsed by council” – April 1978
Source: Rockford Morning Star 4/4/1978; by Tom Schafer
“The Road to Recession, then to recovery” – 12/30/2012
Source: Rockford Register-Star December 30, 2012, 2006 through 2012
“Metro tax endorsed by council” – 4-4-1978
Source: Rockford Morning Star 4/4/1978; article by Tom Schafer
“Tax Help Sought on Metro Centre” – 2/7/1978
Source: Rockford Register-Republic 2-7-1978
“Hotel-motel tax prompts controversy” – Feb 1978
Source: Rockford Morning Star 2/4/1978 and Rockfordiana: Municipal centers – 2, page 9
“Metro Centre trouble may loom” and “County tax on hotels, motels…” Feb 1978
Source: Rockford Register-Republic 2/2/1978 and Rockford Morning Star 2/4/1978 and in Rockfordiana: Municipal Centers – 2, p 8
See also applications and costs during home rule re: Metro Centre
“Civic Center Bill Gets OK” – 6/15/1977
Source: Rockford Register-Republic 6/15/1977 by Sharen Johnson, and/or Rockfordiana: Municipal Centers – 1, p. 108