Rend Lake Resort still closed, IDNR hopes to reopen in 2018

WHITTINGTON – The Rend Lake Resort at Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area remains closed more than a year after shutting down.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has been looking for a new concessionaire to reopen the resort, but despite three calls for bids, not a single bid has come in.

“This will be job creation,” said state senator Dale Fowler at a press conference in June. “This resort’s been closed since December. This could create a couple hundred jobs right here in southern Illinois.”

Please click on the link for the full story and video from Nick Hausen of WSIL-TV.

http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37113781/rend-lake-resort-still-closed-idnr-hopes-to-reopen-in-2018

 

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