Homewood trustees to consider economic development measures, mining special use permit at Tuesday meeting

The Homewood Board of Trustees will have several economic development-related measures to consider at its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. It will also consider granting a special use permit to allow Hanson Materials to conduct mining, blasting and extraction of aggregate in the quarry area just south of Interstate 80/294 and east of Halsted Street.Among the economic development measures is an ordinance seeking alternative bids for the sale of village owned property on the northwest corner of Halsted and 175th streets.The measure is preliminary to a possible redevelopment project at the . . .