Homewood village officials and Ford of Homewood staff gathered on Oct. 30 to celebrate the completion of a major renovation of the dealership.
Prior to the ribbon cutting, Mayor Rich Hofeld noted that he and dealership owner Steve Phillipos have a long history of working together, starting with what Phillipos recalled was “the death of the car industry” during the Great Recession of 2007-2009.
Regarding the fate of the auto industry back then, Hofeld said,…
