Rockford Coming Back, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 18, 2018, Section 5, pp.1,5

Source: Chicago Tribune, Nov. 18, 2018, Section 5, pp. 1,5

Pro-Am lands Weekley, newest Illini star – 2016

Pro-Am 1

Source: Rockford Register Star 6/22/2016

Pro-Am 2

Pro-Am 3

Source: Rockford Register Star 6/22/2016

 

Riverfront Museum Park

Burpee 1

See also:  Main Street North  813

See also:  Discovery Center, Burpee Museum,  Rockford Art Association

Burpee 2

Dr. Alan Brown, Burpee Museum of Natural History Executive Director

Burpee 3

Sarah Wolf, Discovery Center Museum Executive Director

 

Burpee and Discovery Center Expansions “Tourism, Jobs and Something Wondrous”

…when a 5,000 sq ft Smithsonian-quality hall for traveling exhibits opens…

5,000 sq ft Woodward Exhibition Hall will be completed this Summer

The two science museums although managed separately will share hall

In 2008 more than 144,000 visitors came to Discovery Center

In 2008 more than 90,000 visitors came to Burpee

Source:  Northwest Quarterly magazine  Spring 2010

 

Excelsior Award

Excelsior Award honors an organization or institution whose work has a positive impact on the Rock River Valley

1994 Excelsior Award
1994 Excelsior Award

1994 Nominees:  Alpine Kiwanis, Discovery Center, Hunger Connection, Visiting Nurses Association, United Way of Rock River Valley

1994 Excelsior Award Nominees
1994 Excelsior Award Nominees

The Visiting Nurses Association won the 1994 Excelsior Award

 

Source:  Rockford Register Star, 12/01/1994