The Homewood Village Board voted in favor of Holladay Properties, with the exception of Trustee Lauren Roman, for the downtown transit-oriented development (TOD) project at the March 10 meeting. The village received six proposals for redeveloping the sites of the village hall parking lot at 2024 Chestnut Road and the[Read More…]
Author: Summer Kiswani
Homewood board approves temporary use agreement for Chicago Knockouts Roller Derby at Auditorium
The Homewood Village Board approved a temporary, month-to-month agreement allowing the Chicago Knockouts Roller Derby team to continue using the Homewood Auditorium as the village prepares for upcoming renovations at the Feb. 24 meeting. Under the agreement, the Chicago Knockouts Roller Derby LLC will be permitted to use the auditorium[Read More…]
Homewood board approves tax incentive for planned Dixie Highway restaurant
The Homewood Village Board approved a Cook County Class 8 property tax incentive for Munir Bawadi, who plans to develop a Mediterranean restaurant at 18155 Dixie Highway at the Feb. 24 meeting. According to Angela Mesaros, Homewood economic and community development director, the village purchased the building in October 2024[Read More…]
Residents, carpenter’s union raise concerns about Homewood’s redevelopment choice
Homewood residents and a carpenter’s union representative addressed the village board Tuesday, Feb. 24, to share concerns over the transit-oriented redevelopment proposal by Holladay Properties for 2024 Chestnut Road (Village Hall parking lot) and 2066 Ridge Road (Matrix Building). Several residents took the stand to ask the board to reconsider[Read More…]
Homewood receives revised proposals from 2 developers not selected as preferred
Revised plans for two downtown Homewood redevelopment projects were announced at the Feb. 24 Village Board meeting, with developers reducing funding requests and proposing additional housing units. Following the solicitation of alternate proposals for 2024 Chestnut Road and 2066 Ridge Road from Feb. 10 to Feb. 24, revised submissions were[Read More…]
Board approves eating tax rebate for 69 Prime restaurant
The Homewood Village Board approved an incentive at the Feb. 10 meeting to rebate the village’s 2% Places for Eating Tax for one year for 69 Prime restaurant located at 2034 Ridge Road. According to Homewood Director of Economic and Community Development Angela Mesaros, the incentive will provide support to[Read More…]
Board approves liquor licenses for Bevdas Wine & Spirits and Maison des Fleurs
The Homewood Village Board approved the requests for liquor licenses to Bevdas Wine & Spirits and Maison des Fleurs at the Feb. 10 meeting. According to Homewood Director of Finance Amy Zukowski, Bevdas Wine & Spirits, located at 3043 183rd St., is seeking a Class 2 liquor license that would[Read More…]
Homewood board approves updated redevelopment agreement with Apparel Redefined
The Homewood Village Board approved the motion to restart a redevelopment agreement with A & R Screening, also known as Apparel Redefined, at the Feb. 10 meeting. According to Homewood Director of Economic and Community Development Angela Mesaros, the village first entered into a redevelopment agreement in October 2023 with[Read More…]
Homewood board makes a selection for transit-oriented development project
The Homewood Village Board chose Holladay Properties out of the three remaining proposals for the property redevelopment of 2024 Chestnut Road (village hall parking lot) and 2066 Ridge Road (commonly referred to as the Matrix Building) at the Feb. 10 meeting. Following the update on the transit-oriented development (TOD) proposals[Read More…]
Consultant reports water quality good at main Prairie Lakes; High iron content in northwest pond remains a problem
(Editor’s note: After local environmental activists questioned the original version of this story, we did a more thorough review of the report and presentation from the Fehr Graham study of the Prairie Lakes system and have revised the story to provide a more complete version of the study’s conclusions.) The[Read More…]
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