Over the past 10 years, Towanna Walker and Showanna Butler, the mother-daughter team that owns Anjel’s Boutique have relied on faith, patience and keeping everyone’s style needs in mind. “Ten years is a milestone, and it’s a wild journey,” said Walker, celebrating the boutique’s upcoming 10th anniversary. The store[Read More…]
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Loulou Belle is helping organize a fall fair in Grant Park
Loulou Belle, a downtown Homewood business, is partnering with former Homewood public relations manager Rachael Jones to organize the Autumn Art and Farm Experience at Locavore Farm in Grant Park, Illinois, on Saturday, Oct. 21, from noon until 8 p.m. The fall festival will feature dozens of vendors, artists, workshops,[Read More…]
Gourmet cookie chain Crumbl Cookie opens in Homewood
Crumbl Cookies, a gourmet cookie store chain with weekly specials, opened in Homewood with a grand opening celebration on Friday, Sept. 8. “Everything is made in-house. We mix the dough. We ball the dough. We bake everything. Even the little, tiniest crumble on top of that cookie is made in-house,”[Read More…]
Crab Bagz restaurant features seafood cuisine
Homewood’s Crab Bagz Restaurant offers dine-in seafood made with a variety of flavors, whether you start with the mild or go right to the very spicy. Crab Bagz, 18681 Dixie Highway, starts each sauce with a garlic butter base that is spiced to customers’ liking in various flavors, starting with[Read More…]
Windy City Cannabis reopens with bigger, renovated space
The lines of Windy City Cannabis customers stretching out the doors and down the sidewalk could be a thing of the past. The dispensary at 1137 175th St. in Homewood opened its doors at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, after being closed for more than three weeks for renovation and[Read More…]
Ribbon cutting marks official opening of AJ Blooms Floral Boutique in Homewood
“Endorsing small businesses keeps the town whole. This is what it’s all about, supporting one another’s endeavor to make Homewood more beautiful and, in this case, smell lovely too,” said Mayor Rich Hofeld at the Friday, Aug. 19, opening of AJ Blooms Floral Boutiques. AJ Blooms owners Alecia and Jonathan[Read More…]
African Food Factory and Grill opens on Dixie Highway
Homewood’s newest restaurant, Homewood African Food Factory and Grill, is now open. The restaurant is one of the first of its kind in the Homewood-Flossmoor community. Maryam Lala is a resident of Hazel Crest and a Nigerian native who has owned Southside African Restaurant on the South Side of Chicago[Read More…]
Region’s leaders celebrate progress on airport project
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly convened a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 22, at Governors State University to celebrate the signing of House Bill 2531, the law that enables the next stage in the development of a south suburban airport. The bill authorizes the state to begin Jan. 1, 2024, to seek[Read More…]
Homewood seeks input from small business owners to shape ARPA-funded support program
Homewood is asking local business owners to help the village shape a new business support program by completing a brief survey. The survey will close on Tuesday, Aug. 15. The input from the local business community will help village officials determine how to prioritize the allocation of $90,000 from the village’s[Read More…]
Homewood enters into letter of intent with developer interested in building on village hall parking lot
Editor’s note: A number of residents attended the Homewood board meeting Tuesday to learn more about and question the project, and 10 of them made comments. More stories will follow to describe the questions and issues raised by residents.With the Hartford Building nearing completion in downtown Homewood, the developers of[Read More…]