Homewood plans to see through the process of its settlement with the developer of the property on land of the former Calumet Country Club, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the development will be approved. “What the village has promised (Diversified Partners) as part of that settlement agreement is a process.[Read More…]
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Hazel Crest opposes Calumet Country Club redevelopment plan
The village of Hazel Crest issued a statement Tuesday night strongly opposing the proposed redevelopment of the former Calumet Country Club into a trucking distribution center and Homewood’s settlement agreement with developer Diversified Partners. After a special meeting of the board of trustees, Hazel Crest Mayor Vernard Alsberry Jr. released[Read More…]
Homewood zoning meeting over proposed warehouse continued after 3 hours
A public hearing over a rezoning for a controversial warehouse distribution center on the site of the former Calumet Country Club in Homewood had to be paused after three hours and will resume next week. Residents attended a planning and zoning commission meeting Thursday in person and via video conferencing,[Read More…]
Homewood, Hazel Crest mayors spar over development negotiations
The mayors of Homewood and Hazel Crest publicly criticized one another this week ahead of a Homewood planning and zoning commission meeting in which plans are expected to be advanced for a new warehouse distribution center on the property of the former Calumet Country Club. Homewood last month approved the[Read More…]
Opponents of Calumet Country Club redevelopment plan demonstration at Homewood P&Z meeting
South Suburbs for Greenspace over Concrete is organizing a demonstration at the Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission meeting this week, where the body will take the next step in a settlement agreement with the buyer of Calumet Country Club. The agenda for the 7 p.m. meeting Thursday at village hall,[Read More…]
Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission to consider request to rezone Calumet Country Club property
The Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday to consider rezoning the former Calumet Country Club property to enable industrial use on the land, which has been a golf course since 1917. If approved, the rezoning request by W&E Ventures LLC would rezone the property at[Read More…]
Citizen group aims to stop development at Calumet Country Club site
A group of citizens has formed South Suburbs for Greenspace over Concrete to argue against the proposed development of a distribution warehouse at the former Calumet Country Club in Homewood. SSGOC operates as a campaign of Illinois Southland Against Fossil Fuel Energy, which opposed a natural-gas power plant in Glenwood.[Read More…]
Homewood board approves Calumet Country Club settlement
The Homewood village board approved several measures Tuesday as part of a settlement that will bring a controversial distribution warehouse to the property now occupied by Calumet Country Club.
Lawsuit settlement would keep former country club property in Homewood
A settlement in the two-year dispute over the future of the former Calumet Country Club in Homewood is on the agenda for the Homewood Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, Jan. 26. If approved, the agreement will settle a lawsuit filed by the new owner of the former Calumet Country Club,[Read More…]
Homewood trustees to consider settlement over Calumet Country Club lawsuit
At its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 26, the Homewood Board of Trustees will consider an agreement to settle a lawsuit filed against the village. The purchaser of the former Calumet Country Club property, 2136 175th St., filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court to disconnect the property from Homewood.[Read More…]


