Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson gave an update on work being done on the detention basin near Heather Hill School when she addressed the Heather Hill Civic Association meeting Feb. 5. Nelson said the first phase of the Berry Lane portion of the work was done in 2023. The stormwater design[Read More…]
Author: Jamilah Lewis
Flossmoor board discusses emergency communication plans
The Flossmoor Board of Trustee meeting Jan. 22 focused on village safety protocols in cases of emergencies. The board approved amendments to article 2 chapter 105 of the village code to bring it into alignment with state law. The section goes over the power the mayor has in calling states[Read More…]
Flossmoor board votes to update financial software
The Flossmoor Village Board on Jan. 22 gave unanimous approval for $104,650 in computer updates available from BS&A Software. Flossmoor Financial Director Ann Novoa told trustees the village has been using BS&A Software since 2020. The village is proposing to move to a new iteration of the software from BS&A.Net[Read More…]
Mayor addresses residents’ concerns about Polly Lane shooting
The Heather Hill Civic Association meeting on Jan. 15 at Flossmoor Public Library gave residents a place to voice concerns to people making decisions for the community. Attendees asked about rental homes in Flossmoor, how renters manage tenants and how they are held accountable. They pointed to the issues raised[Read More…]
H-F Park District readies new tennis, pickleball courts in Heather Hill
Residents at the Heather Hill Civic Association meeting Jan. 15 got an update from Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Executive Director Doug Boehm on the new tennis court and two pickle ball courts being built at Highlands Park. Two tennis courts were removed when the park district sold property near Heather Hill[Read More…]
Muralist captures Homewood’s culture in new piece
A new downtown mural created by Nate Otto captures bits of Homewood to show off what makes the village special. Otto said he took pictures of “ten different places and I figured out a way to kind of distill their representation to really simple lines.” When the Hartford Building, a[Read More…]
Flossmoor police urge installation of license plate reader cameras on 2 private properties
Acting Flossmoor Police Chief Keith Taylor sent Village Manager Bridget Wachtel a memo urging the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways approve permits to continue the placement of license plate reader cameras (LPR). The memo states that the police want to install cameras at the intersections of Vollmer Road[Read More…]
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