5000 document resources. The three-story building is located in downtown Belvidere. Business Stellantis operates the Belvidere Assembly Plant, an auto assembly plant, which was constructed in the mid-1960s. The Belvidere plant manufactured the Dodge Neon until the spring of 2005. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the plant manufactured Chrysler Newports and Plymouth Furys. After a massive restructuring of the Belvidere plant, it is now one of the most modern auto assembly plants in the United States. It currently assembles the Jeep Cherokee until February of 2023, when this plant will be Idled indefinitely by Stellantis. Dean Foods and General Mills operate manufacturing plants on the bank of the Kishwaukee River. General Mills recently announced a large expansion in the area, soon to begin construction on a 1.3 million square foot distribution center in a newly annexed southwestern portion of the city. Rock Valley college recently opened their new 9+ million dollar Advanced Technology Center in the northwestern portion of Belvidere, after competition between several area cities for the Advanced Technology Center. Notable people Frank Bishop, infielder for the Chicago Browns Emory S. Bogardus, sociologist Joe Charboneau, outfielder and designated hitter for the Cleveland Indians Judith Ford, 1969 Miss America Charles Eugene Fuller, U.S. Congressman Jeanne Gang award-winning architect, founder of Studio Gang Architects, and designer of the world’s two tallest skyscrapers designed by a woman, Aqua and the St. Regis Chicago Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (1815-1882), politician and Union commander in the Civil War, diplomat in postwar years; moved here in 1845, married and had a family, elected to the US Congress from here. Noyes L. Jackson, Illinois politician Lowell Holden Parker, Wisconsin legislator Amanda Levens, women's college basketball player and coach Fred Schulte, outfielder for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates Kurt Sellers, wrestler with the WWE (as K.C. James and James Curtis) James A. Slater, entomologist at the University of Connecticut Roger Charles Sullivan, Illinois politician Scott Taylor, professional off-road racing driver James Waddington, Wisconsin State Senator References External links City of Belvidere Website Cities in Boone County, Illinois Cities in Illinois County seats in Illinois Populated places established in 1835 1881 establishments in Illinois