The ground was broken on Friday, March 24, for House of Goshen, a 14-bed in-patient hospice in Flossmoor. Wearing hard hats, House of Goshen’s owners, Sade Bello and Hakeem Bello, stuck shovels into the ground, marking the beginning of the facility to be built on Governors Highway. House of Goshen,[Read More…]
Tag: Flossmoor business
Flossmoor hires consultant to help drive retail, restaurant development over the next year
Flossmoor is bringing in some outside help for at least the next year in hopes of attracting more retail and restaurant development. The Flossmoor Village Board voted unanimously on Monday, March 6, to approve an agreement to pay Retail Coach $35,000 to analyze Flossmoor’s retail market, identify opportunities and more[Read More…]
Resident looks to put Poppin Corks Bistro into Siam Thai space in Flossmoor Commons
A longtime Flossmoor resident is hoping to bring a new restaurant to Flossmoor Commons, possibly filling the space of Siam Thai as its owners are retiring. Randall Smith pitched his initial plans for Poppin Corks Bistro on Monday, Feb. 20, to the Flossmoor Village Board while requesting a liquor license[Read More…]
Joint Review Board gives green light to Flossmoor’s plan for a downtown TIF District
Flossmoor’s proposed downtown Tax Increment Financing District got one step closer to becoming a reality this week after getting an OK from the Joint Review Board. The board voted 4-0 on Wednesday, Dec. 21, to recommend the village proceed with its plans for the redevelopment project area. That will be[Read More…]
Business update: Flossmoor prospects gain momentum in 2022
For the first time in several years, shoppers are finding Flossmoor business districts full of buying opportunities, a welcome sight during the holiday shopping season. Both the downtown and Flossmoor Commons business districts have no unoccupied storefronts, indicating a renewed health for the local economy. Karyn Calabrese, seen here beside[Read More…]
Bank Financial of Flossmoor completes construction of the teller area
Two ribbons were cut at the grand opening celebration of the new Bank Financial location in downtown Flossmoor on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 27. While the bank had been open since July, the ribbon-cutting marked the completion of the space inside. Previously, if a customer wanted to make a[Read More…]
Nine unique businesses are part of Shops on Sterling
Downtown Flossmoor has a candy store. It has eight other specialty shops, including a women’s clothing boutique, a plant store, a unique T-shirt shop and a holistic health business. Shawnda DeBose took over a small space in the Shops on Sterling and created a candy store, Ruby Ella Sweets. (Marilyn[Read More…]
Oasis House of Refuge gets green light on plans for SW corner of 198th, Governors Highway
Plans for an Oasis House of Refuge facility in Flossmoor are moving forward after initially being pitched to the village board in March. The village board voted 5-0 Monday, July 18, to approve an ordinance to annex two parcels of land along Governors Highway, and voted 5-0 again to approve[Read More…]
Product Freak’s owner emphasizes fun at beauty supply store in Flossmoor Commons
Kristi Dinkins opened Product Freak, a beauty supply store, in Flossmoor Commons in July of 2021 with the philosophy that shopping at a beauty supply store should be enjoyable. She says that unfortunately that’s not always the case. “I had stopped going to beauty supply stores. I didn’t like the[Read More…]
Dunning’s Market, a community staple, marks 25 years
This week Maureen Mader is celebrating a quarter century of ownership of Dunning’s Market, but the business itself goes back more than six decades. It was established in 1958 in Homewood, and Mader is the business’s second owner. The market has seen many changes over the years (including surviving a[Read More…]
