South Suburbs for Greenspace Over Concrete members demonstrate at village hall Tuesday prior to the Board of Trustees meeting, urging the board to vote against an ordinance to disconnect Calumet Country Club from the village. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) The disapproval of angry residents opposed to the disconnection of the Calumet[Read More…]
Author: David P. Funk
Variance approved for Homewood seafood restaurant
A new seafood restaurant and delivery service had a parking variance approved by the Homewood village board Tuesday. Crab Bagz plans to open at 18681 Dixie Highway, formerly the location of Lily Pad resale store. The building also contains Salon Life and Barton Chiropractic. The restaurant will move into a[Read More…]
Future of Calumet Country Club development unclear
The future of the property on which the Calumet Country Club sits is unclear, after a recent vote in Homewood and Cook County officials saying a forest preserve purchase is unlikely. Homewood approved a settlement with developer Diversified Partners of Arizona on Jan. 26. Plans were for a distribution warehouse[Read More…]
Homewood votes down rezoning for trucking depot
A proposed trucking warehouse hit a major pothole Tuesday as the Homewood village board voted down a proposal to rezone the property to make way for the project. “Nowhere in our comprehensive plan has it ever said that a loud, diesel-fueled, smog-inducing, tree-killing and road-wrecking trucking hub would be a[Read More…]
Homewood official resigns amid hot mic controversy
Homewood accepted the resignation of Director of Economic and Community Development Angela Mesaros on Tuesday. She was unknowingly recorded disparaging protesters of a controversial development last week. Village Manager Jim Marino said in a statement released Tuesday that Mesaros’s resignation came after an investigation into her comments recorded before a[Read More…]
Protest group calls for Homewood official to resign over ‘hot mic’ comments disparaging residents
Protest echoes outside Homewood meeting
Protestors hold signs in the meeting room’s windows and chant during the Homewood Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The rally was organized by South Suburbs Greenspace over Concrete, which opposes the redevelopment of Calumet Country Club. (Andrew Burke-Stevenson/H-F Chronicle) Despite protests outside, a Homewood village board meeting[Read More…]
Residents group, developer react to Alsberry statement
Arizona developer Walt Brown, Jr. said he still plans to work with Hazel Crest and Mayor Vernard Alsberry despite a social media video criticizing plans for a development at the site of the former Calumet Country Club. For the first time Tuesday, Alsberry said he does not support the planned[Read More…]
Residents question developer at continued zoning meeting
For three hours Wednesday, opponents of a distribution warehouse plan peppered representatives of the Arizona developer with questions looking for satisfactory answers on the redevelopment of the former Calumet Country Club. Then, the Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission called it a night and set a third continuation date. The meeting[Read More…]
Homewood to see through settlement process, outcome not guaranteed
Homewood plans to see through the process of its settlement with the developer of the property on land of the former Calumet Country Club, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the development will be approved. “What the village has promised (Diversified Partners) as part of that settlement agreement is a process.[Read More…]
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