Mattoon in Motion has been selected as a winner in the Google.org Impact Challenge! Our project, The Cross County Innovation Center, has received a $75,000 grant from the Google.org Impact Challenge. The statewide competition selected ten Illinois nonprofits with bold, new ideas to create economic opportunities in their communities. Now the public has the chance to select the best of the ten projects to receive the People’s Choice Award and an additional $250,000 in funding. Anyone with a connection to Mattoon or the surrounding areas can show their rural pride and rally for this project by visiting g.co/illinoischallenge and casting a [...]

Mattoon in Motion was created in the fall of 2017 when a cross-section of more than 80 passionate community members came together and participated in a series of planning sessions initiated by the Mattoon Chamber of Commerce, the Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation and the MAPPING community planning program offered by the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University, and the City of Mattoon. Out of these planning sessions, community members created six long-term community development goals for the City. These six long-term goals are: Workforce Training and Development Economic Development /Robust Economy Tourism Youth Development Parks and Recreation Housing To find out more, please click on a [...]

Drive through Peterson Park to see a vast array of holiday lights displayed. There are new displays added, with many animated. There will be a live nativity on Friday nights in December. Free Admission with donations accepted. Over 15,000 visitors each year see this great display of holiday lights vividly reflecting off the winter's snow. Peterson Park 500 Broadway Avenue Mattoon, Illinois November 16th– December 25th Sunday—Thursday 5-9pm Friday & Saturday 5-10 pm Live Nativity scenes are from 6-8pm on Fridays in December. For more information, visit the Mattoon Lightworks page.