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The Village of Downers Grove is reporting on its website that Laborers’ District Council of Chicago, Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers and a consortium of local contractors have reached a tentative agreement. Local 150 workers went on strike July 1, days before the scheduled closure of the Belmont crossing. That project [...]

Just what we didn’t need… Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers went on strike at midnight Wednesday against contractors all over the greater metro area of northeast Illinois.  The unions’ three-year contracts with construction companies expired May 31.  The strike effects hundreds of summer construction projects, from the Eisenhower Expressway down to Downers Grove. [...]

Washington Park area residents are starting to get an idea of what will be the village’s best park.

A couple glitches resulted in a few emailed reservations not being logged, and a couple no-shows, but everyone was in the best of spirits and it turned out to be much easier and faster than we thought.  Pick up times being scheduled made it very efficient. By spreading out and assigning pick up times there was never [...]

First Ever Village Rain Barrel Sale Event In an effort to promote water conservation (and make your gardens look spectacular!), the Village of Downers Grove and The Conservation Foundation have partnered to make rain barrels available to residents at a reduced price through the month of April. These 55-gallon, recycled food grade plastic rain barrels [...]

Biting the bullet to move forward. Here’s an odd one that has no attached narrative explaining the why and got no work-shopping.  The village staff has worked on and council may approve  buying properties that cannot have their stormwater problems remedied with what engineering resources are currently available.  The four proposed properties are located at [...]

Change orders are the bane of project planning.  They usually represent unexpected, but necessary extra expenses. Washington Park.  The extra $41,727.96 will increase the project cost $2,948,621.00 to $2,990,348.96.  The Park District will pick up over half of the extra costs.  This is the second change order for the project.  The project completion has been [...]

Delays to the third major stormwater detention area, located at Sterling North Park (SW-033), are due to discovery of VOC’s and EPA regulated metals.  Staff asked for an additional $6,800 in soil and core sample testing to try and pinpoint where and how much soil is contaminated that may require treatment or removal.  Once that’s done, [...]

Last Tuesday was meeting number four for long range budget planning (see reports of meetings one, two, and three here).  Led by Village Manager Dave Fieldman, staff laid out various possible options for revenue enhancement and expense trimming in response to the budget crunch that has already seen layoffs, unpaid furloughs, pay freezes, and cost [...]

Last night right before the car show was scheduled to start a huge blow ripped through DG, knocking down large branches, knocking over trees and taking out power. Those 70 mph winds and rain turned skies from day to night across a wide swath of the Chicago area. Police in Bolingbrook reported a tornado may [...]