Champaign’s $96,000 study identifies tax surplus generating development. A buddy downstate emailed me this study, noting one other blogger already has written about it. His point; there’s a temptation to simply do what generates surplus income for the municipality.
Staff comes up with another targeted Redevelopment Agreement Tuesday for a downtown grocer. By creating a separate entity, The Lemon Tree, Inc., both the village and Michael’s Fresh Market get what they want.
DuPage County has been seeking the ability to do whatever it wants to when it comes to developing real estate, under the cover of “affordable workforce housing” and “by right” use. Despite opposition from every community that is aware of it, the county continues to push this potential program towards their goal.
In January 2009, the Village Council adopted a Façade Improvement Program for Downtown Downers Grove. Up to $100,000 each year is designated from TIF funds for the program. The program is a dollar for dollar matching grant program and requires that a project complies with the Downtown Design Guidelines to receive funding from the Village.
Updated: 1:20 p.m. Michael’s Fresh Market might double down on DG. In addition to presenting their quarterly reports to council, the EDC & DMC ran a works in progress up the flagpole, looking for preliminary council head nods or not.
Hanging tough, hanging in. Greg Bedalov of the Downers Grove Economic Development Corporation and Linda Kunze of the Downers Grove Downtown Management Corporation will offer up their respective quarterly reports to council Tuesday.
Unmaking the road to hell. I missed this one Monday at the Plan Commission. Petition PC-12-09 is for the redevelopment of a single family home at 4929 Montgomery Avenue on the near northwest side. The plans call for an significantly larger home to replace the house currently there, and consolidates two lots into one. [...]
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