New Rockford Amazon facility avoids cut list

New Rockford Amazon facility avoids cut list

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A new Rockford Amazon distribution center avoided landing on the company's list of facilities it will either close or delay. That means the online retail giant's plan to open the 141,000 square-foot facility at 5266 Baxter Road is still on track. Local officials who announced the project last year say Amazon will have the distribution center up and running as soon as it takes care of one final item on its punch list. "The…