A LOT in Freeport

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Jodi Miller, City of Freeport

Posted

Sep 23, 2019

Freeport has A LOT going on with fun activities, recent festivals of Prohibition Freeport, Cruise Night, Music On Chicago and upcoming festivals of Paint the Port, Brewfest and Eats and Beats. Freeport Arts Plaza is under construction, a new million outdoor space. Freeport is starting to become a bicycling destination with the last development phase of the Pecatonica Prairie Path linking Chicago to Madison going right thru downtown Freeport. And, Freeport was added to the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage area by Congress for their role in the Lincoln Douglas Debates of 1858.

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