Tag Archives: downtown

Grants restore CBD luster

Posted 31 May 2009 | By | Categories: Development, Downtown Redevelopment, Local Business | Comments Off

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.

A downtown grocery store?

Posted 26 May 2009 | By | Categories: Downtown Management Corp., Downtown Redevelopment, Economic Development | 16 Comments

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.

Quarterly reports: EDC and DMC

Posted 25 May 2009 | By | Categories: Development, Downtown Management Corp., Downtown Redevelopment, Economic Development | 6 Comments

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.