Press Releases

March 2025: 

Route 66 Centennial Summit Coming to Joliet

March 2025: 

Utica to host Art Fair

February 2025: 

Kate Gillmann Named Joliet Young Professional of the Year

January 2025: 

Heritage Corridor Festivals Hosts Its Inaugural Hospitality Happy Hour 

January 2025: 

Heritage Corridor Destinations Unveils New headquarters with Open House Celebrations

December 2024: 
 

Soar into Winter Adventure with Flock to the Rock 2025 in Starved Rock Country

November 2024: 

Heritage Corridor Destinations Receives $150,000 International Tourism Grant

October 2024: Joliet Unveils New Mural Celebrating 100th Anniversaries of The Rialto Square Theater and Route 66
September 2024: Pesciolino Osteria Celebrates Seventh Anniversary with New Menu, Restaurant Renovations, and Website Redesign
September 2024: 31st Annual 'A River Thru History' Rendezvous Returns to Willow Springs to Celebrate Early Frontier Life
September 2024: Heritage Corridor Destinations Reports $1.6 Billion Economic Impact from Tourism in 2023, Supporting Over 12,000 Jobs in Illinois
July 2024: Illinois Chiefs of Police and NHTSA Launch 'Speeding Slows You Down' Campaign to Promote Safe Driving on Route 66
   
July 2024: Heritage Corridor Destinations Picks Up Two Excellence in Tourism Awards At Illinois Governor's Conference
April 2024: WJOL’s Scott Slocum Hits the Road Again for 'The Great American Road Trip 2.0': A Journey Along Route 66
   
February 2024: Emmy Nominee Darley Newman Hosts Special 'Travels with Darley: Route 66 Illinois' Screening and Q&A at Joliet Historical Museum
February 2024: Heritage Corridor Destinations Awarded $1.2 Million DCEO FY24 Route 66 Grant
November 2023: HSMAI to honor Heritage Corridor Destinations with two Adrian Awards for outstanding travel marketing
May 2023: Ottawa, IL to be Featured on WGN's Destination Illinois with Julian Crews
May 2023: Heritage Corridor Destinations Awarded $1.6 Million Route 66 Grant
April 2023: WJOL's Scott Slocum to cruise Route 66 on the Great American Road Trip
March 2023: Four new members appointed to Heritage Corridor Destinations Board
May 2022: Heritage Corridor Convention and Visitors Bureau awarded $1.5 million grant for Route 66 Revitalization
February 2022: Starved Rock Country Welcome Center Ribbon Cutting
December 2021: Heritage Corridor Convention and Visitors Bureau wins Excellence in Tourism Award from the Illinois Office of Tourism

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