Ask Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld why he is running for an eighth term and the answer includes a long list of recent economic development accomplishments.

The list includes projects big and small, from the addition of The Hartford, which brought 36 apartments to the downtown area, the Wind Creek Casino, which opened in November 2024, to the relocation of Bergstein’s New York Deli to the former Homewood Florist space.
“Economically, we’ve just had tremendous successes.…


