Jim Cox has vision. Clarendon Hills does some neat stuff. When they built their new Clarendon Hills Middle School, they partnered with their Park District and came up with a multi-use facility where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. That’s thinking creatively and cooperatively. This wind turbine that is just now [...]
Entries Tagged as 'community development'
Can we still be friends?
August 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · community development, Local politics
Village looks to DMMC for capital project funding Two items that look to be approved this week involve applying for grants for projects through the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference. The application to the DuPage Mayors & Managers Conference (DMMC) is for the 2011 Surface Transportation Program (STP) for highway project funding.
Two more nice projects
May 28th, 2010 · 5 Comments · community development, Historical preservation, Neighbohoods
There’s been some pretty interesting redevelopment going on lately. Oakwood Builders finished up a modestly sized but strikingly beautiful home on the near northeast side, and two housing redevelopments are progressing that are very appealing, very forward thinking. By now maybe everyone’s seen this one on Maple? Originally it was fairly straight up farm house style. (Folk [...]
Tags: Development
Washington Park on deck
May 28th, 2010 · 41 Comments · community development, Environment, Neighbohoods, Park District, Stormwater
Washington Park area residents are starting to get an idea of what will be the village’s best park.
Tags: planning·Stormwater
Greener
May 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · community development, Environment, Local Business
Landscaping and greenery where before only asphalt existed…
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Unmaking the grade
April 14th, 2010 · Comments Off · community development, Traffic, Transportation
Village staff presented council with a resolution to authorize a railroad crossing improvement at Maple Avenue. This project involves two components:
Tags: budget·Development·planning·rail crossings·railroad safety·safety
Scaling back, giving back
January 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments · community development, Comprehensive Planning
Thoman here. My name got tossed in the hopper for the Comprehensive Plan Ad Hoc Committee, and no one objected tonight, so it looks like I’ll be pretty wrapped up in that for the next several months. An updated Comprehensive Plan is a big deal, and I’m all in on this effort. So the bad [...]
Signs
January 13th, 2010 · 12 Comments · community development, Economic Development, Ordinances
ITEM 00-04017 on tonight’s first reading was modifications to the sign ordinance. The Sign Ordinance Committee, using the Ogden Avenue master plan as one of many resources to help craft a new sign ordinance, gave council an amended sign ordinance that council approved in May 2005. The goal was reducing the visual clutter and make [...]
Tags: Development·planning
Nelson Meadow on the block
January 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · community development, District 99, Park District, Residential Redevelopment
Joel Andersen Homes Ltd. has put its 4.8-acre Nelson Meadow site up for auction, nearly four years after the village council approved its plan to build 11 homes on the parcel bordered by Blanchard Street on the north, Jefferson Avenue on the south, Brookbank Road on the west and Carpenter Street on the east. The [...]
Tax time troubles
November 6th, 2009 · 16 Comments · community development, Economic Development, Taxes
On October 20, DuPage County put together its annual Delinquent Tax List. This is a list of property owners who have yet to pay their 2008 property tax bills. As you might guess, this year the list of delinquent properties is significantly larger than in prosperous years. A couple notables have felt the bite.
Tags: Development·property taxes