Why choose Mt. Morris? Because there is a comprehensive menu of resources for businesses and residents to use and enjoy for a superb quality of life! In addition, Mt. Morris has a legacy of creative, hard-working community members, instilled with a dedicated Midwestern work ethic. The maps of the Village highlight many of these resources.
Resources
Land and Development
- Hundreds of acres of land for residential and industrial development within and contiguous to the Village limits as you can see on the Village Map.
- Village Board of Trustees who are eager to partner with developers.
- Business incentives, Enterprise Zone and TIF Districts, and tax incentives.
- Available lease opportunities and building sites.
Transportation
- Centrally located in Ogle County, on IL Highway 64.
- Available railroad spur that connects with a main line of the BNSF railroad.
- Interstates 39 and 88 are within 25 miles and 20 miles respectively.
- Near regional airports in Rockford, Freeport, Dixon, and Moline which connect with international hubs in Chicago O’Hare and Midway Airports, and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Wisconsin.
Utility and Communication
- The Village has a new 800,000 GPD wastewater treatment facility with excess capacity to serve your business. 2,000,000 GPD, deep water wells.
- Two substations of ComEd, a division of the Exelon corporation, provide redundant connections of electric power for the community.
- The NICOR Corporation provides natural gas services to Mt. Morris.
- Communication links, including redundant, gigabit, and buried commercial grade IFIBER/Fiber Optic Network are provided by LR Communications, Verizon, Frontier, US Cellular, and Comcast.
Recreational and Entertainment
- Sunset Hills, a nine-hole golf course.
- Town & Country Lanes, a bowling alley.
- A venue known as The Bandshell for concerts and community celebrations.
- Four community parks: Dillehay, Zickuhr, Palmer Memorial and Mounder.
- An indoor recreation facility known as The Coliseum.
- White Pines State Park, Lowden State Park, and Lowell Park are less than 12 miles away.