Author: David P. Funk

Casino parking lot permit gains Homewood board approval

A special use permit was approved for a parking garage for the firm hoping to develop a casino along the border of Homewood and East Hazel Crest.  Wind Creek LLC hopes to develop the property west of Halsted Street between the Halsted Street Exchange on Interstate 80/294 and 175th Street.[Read More…]

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Officials mark the start of Homewood station renovation

Elected and railroad officials gather Monday to officially mark the beginning of a long-awaited major renovation to Homewood’s train station. (David P. Funk/H-F Chronicle) Local, state and federal officials gathered Monday to mark the start of the Homewood train station renovation.  “The Homewood station is one of the central, premier[Read More…]

Homewood buys land for new water pump station

The purchase of a property intended to be the site of a pumping station for water from Hammond, Indiana was approved Tuesday by the Homewood village board. The 2.77 acres were bought from Reliable Materials Corporation for $250,000. The land is in Thornton near 183rd Street and Thornton Glenwood Road.[Read More…]

Homewood approves new contract with public works union

The Homewood village board approved a new collective bargaining agreement with a municipal employees union at its Sept. 8 meeting. The village’s new contract, for Department of Public Works employees represented by the local chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is for a term of[Read More…]

Water plant repair, reappointments approved in Homewood

Homewood approved a contact to repair the exterior facade of a water plant at the Aug. 25 village board meeting. The work will include tuckpointing, wall repairs, wall demolition, concrete block replacement, brick replacement and caulking. The village contracted Structural Technologies of Bloomingdale to assess the scope of the project[Read More…]

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