The First Street Development Project brings 100,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to our charming downtown. Beautiful landscaping, pedestrian-friendly walkways, and plenty of FREE parking enhances St. Charles' shorelines, 90% of which are preserved for picnicking, jogging and bicycling.

Renown events - springtime's Sisters Weekend to June's Bloomington Gold Corvette Show to October's award-winning Scarecrow Festival each October - are naturally charming reasons to spend a few days here! From Pheasant Run Resort's entertainment choices to the intimate, riverfront Hotel Baker - PLUS the wide selection of select service hotels - our hotels are incomparable.

Our goal is to send every visitor home with a great story to tell and the desire to visit again...and again...and again.