Pritzker Joins Marion, Illinois, Leaders for STAR Bond Groundbreaking

Pritzker joins Marion, Illinois, leaders for STAR Bond groundbreaking

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker made a rare appearance in southern Illinois on Thursday, praising the community of Marion for turning long-overdue economic potential into reality with the state’s first STAR Bond project.

Governor Pritzker visits Southern Illinois for economic development events - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News

MARION, Ill., (KBSI) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to attend two events in southern Illinois Thursday. Pritzker will participate in a 2:30 p.m. groundbreaking ceremony at the former Illinois Centre Mall in Marion for a $150 million project to create an indoor fieldhouse and renovate the mall. The project, expected to be completed by summer 2026, aims to establish a recreation destination. Later, Pritzker will attend a 4 p.m. ribbon-cutting c…

Gov. Pritzker Breaks Ground on Major Development in Marion

MARION – Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) Thursday joined the City of Marion and leaders from around Southern Illinois to break ground on an approximately 550,000-square-foot retail, entertainment and hospitality development in Marion – the first Sales Tax and Revenue (STAR) Bond Project in Illinois. “Today’s groundbreaking is one of the direc…