Editor’s note: I just discovered that The Lemon Tree also has a fan page on Facebook. Check it out here.
The Lemon Tree recipe contest has been extended until March 22, giving local cooks more time to submit their original or modified recipes in sandwich, soup, salad and lemon dessert categories.
Laura Hart, the store’s specialty [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Economic Development'
Lemony
February 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Business, Economic Development, Neighbohoods
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Sandack: Doing more with less
January 14th, 2010 · Comments Off · Community Events, Economic Development, Village Council
Editor’s note: Ryan DeProsperis of the Ups In Downers Grove blog has agreed to post here at the DGreport on an occasional basis. Here is his report on yesterday’s State of the Village speech by Mayor Ron Sandack. Welcome, Ryan!
The State of the Village at the Jan. 13 Downers Grove Area Chamber of Commerce Luncheon gave [...]
Signs
January 13th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Economic Development, Ordinances, community development
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 [...]
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States of the Village
January 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Business, Economic Development, Village Council, Village Hall
Mayor Ron Sandack is set to deliver a State of the Village speech at tomorrow’s general membership luncheon of the Downers Grove Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the first of two such speeches he will give.
The event, which was open to the community as well as Chamber members, sold out earlier today.
This marks the [...]
Tags: Downers Grove Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry·Ron Sandack·State of the Village speech
Five reasons to shop locally in 2010
December 29th, 2009 · 21 Comments · Downtown Management Corp., Economic Development
Rebecca Joers, the owner of Jolie Boutique at 937 Curtiss St., made good use of the internet this holiday season to promote her shop’s lovely and unusual offerings in a series of highly successful “13 days of Christmas” e-mails.
Yesterday, she followed up with an electronic thank-you note that made an excellent case for shopping locally [...]
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Cool stuff
December 18th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Downtown Management Corp., Economic Development, Entertainment, Park District
The Christmas shopping hasn’t gone so well, maybe because I’ve spent the entire season way behind the power curve. Projects, decorating and shopping have all been started. None have yet been finished, and with only six days until Christmas, I’m feeling the heat.
So I thought I’d open a thread where readers could share great gift [...]
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Landmark status
November 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Economic Development
Dover Corp. will join DeVry Inc. at Highland Landmark V, where it will lease about 68,000 square feet space.
Dover, a manufacturer of garbage trucks, oil drilling equipment and other products, was lured from its current location on Park Avenue in New York City by state tax credits worth $6.3 million over 10 years, according [...]
Diamond Bank to acquire DGN
November 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Downtown Management Corp., Economic Development, In the News, Local Business
The Chicago Tribune reports that Chicago-based Diamond Bank will acquire Downers Grove National Bank in a cash transaction. No word on the purchase price.
Founded in 1955, the privately held Downers Grove bank has assets of $266.9 million, according to the Tribune.
Tax time troubles
November 6th, 2009 · 16 Comments · Economic Development, Taxes, community development
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.
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ATI sans LME
October 23rd, 2009 · 21 Comments · Downtown Redevelopment, Economic Development, Local Business, Village Council, community development
Everybody missed it?
Pick a local business; any one — about 80 folks involved with them protested the approval of ATI taking 10,000 square feet of prime retail space at reduced rental rates any one of them would gladly pay. Many of those local businesses are owned by people who live here. They bank here, [...]
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