Two-flats can be rebuilt. Tattoo studios and accessory dwellings are OK. Short-term rentals policy is not yet settled. Those are some of the results of an 18-month process to completely revise the Homewood zoning code and map. Trustees approved the new version Tuesday, Jan. 10. The zoning ordinance last underwent[Read More…]
Author: Eric Crump
Hazel Crest to consider annexing Calumet Country Club at Feb. 14 board meeting
Hazel Crest trustees will consider annexing the Calumet Country Club property at their Feb. 14 meeting after discussing the issue during the administrative meeting Tuesday, Jan. 24, and hearing from a number of Hazel Crest, Homewood and Flossmoor residents on the issue. The annexation of the property at the request[Read More…]
The Weeks | Jan. 22
THE WEEK > Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 23, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. Flossmoor Community Relations Commission will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 23, in the committee room at village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Homewood[Read More…]
Hazel Crest begins process that could lead to annexation, redevelopment of Calumet Country Club
The Hazel Crest Board of Trustees approved a contract on Jan. 10 with a consulting firm that will explore the feasibility of establishing a tax increment financing (TIF) district on Calumet Country Club. The property is currently in unincorporated Cook County after Homewood was forced to disconnect it from the village in[Read More…]
The weeks | Jan. 15
DEMOCRACY WATCH As anti-police-violence protesters at the Flossmoor community meeting last fall shouted out, challenging and interrupting the forum’s moderators, a woman seated next to me confided that she was sympathetic to their cause, “but they are going about it the wrong way.” Tomorrow we celebrate the legacy of Dr.[Read More…]
Benefit fundraiser Jan. 28 supports H-F baseball
The Vikings Baseball Booster Club is hosting its Hot Stove Fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 28, to support the Homewood-Flossmoor High School baseball program. The event, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Balagio Ristorante, 175th and Dixie Highway in Homewood, will feature guest speaker H-F graduate Laurence Holmes, host of Chicago’s[Read More…]
Sergeant’s badge changes hands as Homewood trustees recognize police promotion, retirements
Homewood trustees recognized one promotion and two retirements from the police department during their regular meeting Tuesday, Jan. 10. Dennis Leaks was promoted to sergeant. His father, Dennis Leaks Sr., pinned his new badge on his uniform after he took the oath of office. Mayor Rich Hofeld noted that Leaks[Read More…]
Homewood takes step toward selling 2066 Ridge Road to new developer
Homewood trustees took a preliminary step on Tuesday, Jan. 10, toward selling the building at 2066 Ridge Road. A new developer has proposed to purchase and redevelop the property after an initial offer from Third Coast Developers did not work out, according to Village Manager Napoleon Haney. A new developer[Read More…]
Hazel Crest board to consider Calumet Country Club TIF study
At the regular board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, the Hazel Crest Board of Trustees will consider a contract with a consultant who will study the feasibility of establishing a tax increment financing district for the Calumet Country Club site. The country club, formerly part of Homewood, is owned by[Read More…]
The weeks | Jan. 8
THE WEEK > Flossmoor Public Art Commission will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, in the committee room at village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, in the board room of village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Flossmoor Public Library[Read More…]
