You like your neighborhood. Maybe some things about your neighborhood you don’t like so much.
Zoning probably has something to do with that. Not everything, of course; the people make a big difference. But the underlying zoning determines much of what you see: dwelling units per acre, building line setbacks, building heights, etc.
So why are so [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Economic Development'
Comp Plan meetings: Be there
March 25th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Comprehensive Planning
Comp Plan moves forward
January 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Comprehensive Planning
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” — Albert Einstein
Comprehensive Plans are supposed to be good for up to 10 years, in some cases even 20. They’re not supposed to be static documents, instead being updated at regular intervals. Our village [...]
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, [...]
Tags: Development·downtown·Economic Development·planning·Village Council
The Lemon Tree is on track
September 15th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Downtown Redevelopment, Economic Development, community development
Editor’s note: Tim Canning of the Lemon Tree posted this note this morning.
Hi friends-
The Lemon Tree is coming! Thank you all for your comments. The project slowed down due to business terms with the lease and binding contract deals with Michael’s. I can assure you that all business issues have been sorted out.
Bill White — [...]
Taxing times
August 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · Development, Economic Development, Local Business, budget, community development
With my thanks to EDC President Greg Bedalov, from his quarterly presentation to council: where our sales tax revenue comes from, why we’re in a budget vise that’s sqeezing us hard, and what’s being done to ease the pain…
Lemon Tree looks to be sweet
June 9th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Development, Downtown Management Corp., Downtown Redevelopment, Economic Development
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.
Tags: Development·Downtoen redevelopment·downtown dining·Downtown Management Corp.·Economic Development·Economic Development Corp.·grocer·Michael's Fresh Market·RDA
Downtown grocer one step closer
June 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Downtown Management Corp., Downtown Redevelopment, Economic Development
Michael’s Fresh Market is one step closer to opening two full service grocery stores here in Downers Grove, one down by 75th Street in the old Dominick’s location, the other in downtown Downers Grove. Economic Development Corporation President Greg Bedalov confirmed tonight that council’s “head nods” of intent and anticipation at last week’s workshop helped [...]
A downtown grocery store?
May 26th, 2009 · 16 Comments · Downtown Management Corp., Downtown Redevelopment, Economic Development
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.
Tags: Development·downtown·Downtown Management Corp.·Downtown Redevelopment·Economic Development·Economic Development Corp.
Quarterly reports: EDC and DMC
May 25th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Development, Downtown Management Corp., Downtown Redevelopment, Economic Development
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.