What Does Mattoon, IL Have to Offer?
Education
Mattoon, IL is the leader of local education in the region. With individualized and ground breaking leadership-based curriculums for our students. In Mattoon, your children are learning what they need in order to thrive in an ever changing world.
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Leaders Innovating For Tomorrow
LIFT is an upcoming regional innovation and technology center available to High School Juniors and Seniors in Central Illinois. Their goal is to connect students to career pathways and programs and give them access to dual credit opportunities, industry certifications, internships, and leadership skills for the 21st century.
LIFT will open its doors to our community August 2022.
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Bagelfest
Mattoon, IL is home to Bagelfest, a multi-day festival that celebrates the very best of what the Mattoon community has to offer. Come and celebrate the best of summer in a small town with music, food, and fun at the Mattoon Bagelfest. Over 20,000 people attend each year!
Mattoon Lightworks
Drive through Mattoon’s beautiful Peterson Park to see a vast array of standard and animated holiday light displays. Over 15,000 visitors each year see this great display of holiday lights vividly reflecting off the winter’s snow. Local Churches will host a live nativity each Friday in December.
Restaurants
Mattoon is home to a wide variety of delicious dining establishments ranging from steakhouses, Asian & Mexican cuisine, or even unique local fast food establishments. Whatever meal you’re looking for, Mattoon has it made.
What Does Mattoon, IL Have to Offer?
Education
Mattoon, IL is the leader of local education in the region. With individualized and ground breaking leadership-based curriculums for our students. In Mattoon, your children are learning what they need in order to thrive in an ever changing world.
Leaders Innovating For Tomorrow
LIFT is an upcoming regional innovation and technology center available to High School Juniors and Seniors in Central Illinois. Their goal is to connect students to career pathways and programs and give them access to dual credit opportunities, industry certifications, internships, and leadership skills for the 21st century.
LIFT will open its doors to our community August 2022.
(background photos are renderings of the space)
Bagelfest
Mattoon, IL is home to Bagelfest, a multi-day festival that celebrates the very best of what the Mattoon community has to offer. Come and celebrate the best of summer in a small town with music, food, and fun at the Mattoon Bagelfest. Over 20,000 people attend each year!
Mattoon Lightworks
Drive through Mattoon’s beautiful Peterson Park to see a vast array of standard and animated holiday light displays. Over 15,000 visitors each year see this great display of holiday lights vividly reflecting off the winter’s snow. Local Churches will host a live nativity each Friday in December.
Restaurants
Mattoon is home to a wide variety of delicious dining establishments ranging from steakhouses, Asian & Mexican cuisine, or even unique local fast food establishments. Whatever meal you’re looking for, Mattoon has it made.