South Suburbs for Greenspace Over Concrete members demonstrate at village hall Tuesday prior to the Board of Trustees meeting, urging the board to vote against an ordinance to disconnect Calumet Country Club from the village. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) The disapproval of angry residents opposed to the disconnection of the Calumet[Read More…]
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Breaking news: Homewood trustees vote to disconnect Calumet Country Club
Calumet Country Club will no longer be part of Homewood after the Board of Trustees approved an ordinance Tuesday to disconnect the property from the village. The move was required by a settlement agreement the village entered into with the property owner in January. Disconnection was sought by the previous[Read More…]
Homewood trustees to vote on Calumet Country Club disconnect measure Tuesday
At its regular meeting Tuesday, April 13, the Homewood Board of Trustees will consider an ordinance to disconnect the property known as Calumet Country Club from the village, a move the village has fought against since the summer of 2019. The vote is required by a settlement agreement trustees approved[Read More…]
Calumet Country Club redevelopment timeline (free content)
2018 Dec. 4: Diversified Partners, an Arizona-based real estate firm, contacts Homewood village officials about redeveloping Calumet Country Club, which the company is planning to buy. The company presents a preliminary vision of the development that includes a retail anchor store, plus entertainment, a hotel and smaller retail stores. Dec.[Read More…]
Judge: Homewood residents can enter country club case
On Thursday afternoon, a group of Homewood residents won its motion to intervene as defendants in a case against the village by a land developer seeking to disconnect its property at the former site of Calumet Country Club. After listening to arguments from attorneys for both sides, Cook County Circuit[Read More…]
Local environmental advocacy group to host community clean-up this weekend
South Suburbs for Greenspace over Concrete (SSGOC) is hosting a service weekend on March 27 and 28 to show the unified commitment of Homewood and Hazel Crest residents to protecting, preserving, and enhancing the beauty of the Southland. On Saturday, March 27, the group will be removing post-snow trash accumulation[Read More…]
Future of Calumet Country Club development unclear
The future of the property on which the Calumet Country Club sits is unclear, after a recent vote in Homewood and Cook County officials saying a forest preserve purchase is unlikely. Homewood approved a settlement with developer Diversified Partners of Arizona on Jan. 26. Plans were for a distribution warehouse[Read More…]
Five Homewood residents ask legal permission to join redevelopment lawsuit
Homewood votes down rezoning for trucking depot
A proposed trucking warehouse hit a major pothole Tuesday as the Homewood village board voted down a proposal to rezone the property to make way for the project. “Nowhere in our comprehensive plan has it ever said that a loud, diesel-fueled, smog-inducing, tree-killing and road-wrecking trucking hub would be a[Read More…]
