Flossmoor trustees voted on Monday, April 15, to purchase the land and tennis courts there from the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District that will be used to create a storm water detention basin as part of a project designed to reduce flooding downtown and in the Heather Hill neighborhood.
The village will pay the park district $425,000 for the property at 1439 Lawrence Crescent that includes cost of the land and replacing the tennis courts.
Although the…
