The Illinois Office of Tourism in November released its annual Illinois Made Holiday Gift Guide, highlighting 16 small businesses statewide that are part of the Illinois Made program, including one from Homewood and one from Olympia Fields. Vintrendi Wine Company, 3408 Vollmer Road in Olympia Fields, was listed in the guide’s Festive Bottles[Read More…]
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Southgate TIF district expired and is officially terminated
The Homewood Village board officially terminated the 23-year-old Southgate tax increment financing (TIF) district at the Dec. 10 meeting. The TIF was established in 2000 and officially expired in December 2023. TIF districts are designated areas where a portion of the property taxes are used to fund projects to support[Read More…]
Flossmoor board to consider agreement with developer interested in long vacant downtown property
Flossmoor trustees will have a chance at the Monday, Dec. 16, board meeting to approve a development agreement that could lead to the construction of a mixed commercial and residential structure in the 2600 block of Flossmoor Road. The property just west of the Civic Center has been vacant for[Read More…]
Homewood approves property sale for Mexican restaurant development
A redevelopment agreement between the Village of Homewood and Joaquin Anguiano, the owner of an upcoming Mexican restaurant, was approved at the Dec. 10 board meeting. The restaurant will be called Tequila Raizes, located at 18134-18138 Dixie Highway. The founders describe it as a family-friendly, festive Mexican restaurant serving breakfast,[Read More…]
Mahogany House Candles marks opening of store in Homewood
Jess and Drew Osi want to encourage shoppers to treat themselves. The motto of Mahogany House Candles in Homewood is “It’s OK to be a little bougie.” At the store’s ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 26, Jess explained the idea, which plays on a shortened version of bourgeois, or middle to upper[Read More…]
Cleaning service celebrates 25 years in Flossmoor with move to new address
Planning to host a black tie event? Seeking help to start 2025 in a tidier living or work space? Custom Housekeeping has moved around the corner in downtown Flossmoor to 1038 Sterling Avenue, suite 217, where it’s eager to continue a 25-year tradition of providing residential and commercial cleaning services[Read More…]
Limitless Laces opens in Shops on Sterling in time for holiday shoe shopping
Darahn Magnus took a passion for collecting shoes and created a business, Limitless Laces, which he just moved to Flossmoor. Magnus, who hails from Park Forest, opened his first store in Chicago, but to be closer to home he chose a new location in Shops on Sterling, 1056 Sterling Ave.[Read More…]
Gress Chiropractic marks 40 years of offering relief
When someone is hurting, chiropractor Dr. William Gress may be the person who can offer relief. Over his 40-year career in Homewood, he has helped thousands. Gress’s hands-on work has him improving patients health by examining and realigning joints of the spine and extremities, and assessing how their connection to[Read More…]
Gress Chiropractic marks 40 years of offering relief
When someone is hurting, chiropractor Dr. William Gress may be the person who can offer relief. Over his 40-year career in Homewood, he has helped thousands. Gress’s hands-on work has him improving patients health by examining and realigning joints of the spine and extremities, and assessing how their connection to[Read More…]
Chronicle partners: Kluger Furs
Kluger Furs has been in business for 66 years, and Larry Kluger has been managing it for 50 of those years, so he has a longer perspective than most, and for him and his wife and business partner, Sue Kluger, the past decade had some big challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic,[Read More…]
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