The Oskaloosa City Council has approved a site plan for a new hotel.  Monday night, the Council approved plans for a Fairfield Inn and Suites to be built at the southwest corner of Highway 92 and Gateway Drive. Oskaloosa City Manager Michael Schrock says the new hotel is “a tremendous investment in our community.”

“We’re excited.  It’s going to be a tremendous improvement for our community and provide a nice hospitality option in town that doesn’t necessarily exist today.”

The Fairfield Inn and Suites would include 76 rooms plus a meeting room that could hold up to 80 people.  Schrock said he didn’t know how many new jobs the hotel would create.  The group building the hotel hopes to break ground by the end of the year, with the goal of being open one year from now.