Learning to landscape

Add comment November 13th, 2007

The former Essex Wire building on North Main Street in Rockford got an exterior cleanup thanks to a partnership between the EIGERlab, La Voz Latina and ADV Land and Landscape.

Saturday, La Voz Latina volunteers served as the labor to landscape the building according to ADV designs. It allowed La Voz volunteers to learn more about landscaping and gave the property a much-needed new look. To see a photo slide of the work go to http://www.dropshots.com/EIGERDome.

Long used for storage and adding little to the North Main corridor, Beloit, Wis.-based Hendricks Commercial Properties bought the massive World War II era building late this summer for just $600,000. The organization is the development arm of Beloit billionaire Ken Hendricks.

Hendricks still has not released his final plans for the building, but the news release by Rockford Area Ventures, which runs the EIGERlab, gave a hint. It said Hendricks is “renovating the building to serve as an Innovation Center.”