Homewood residents and a carpenter’s union representative addressed the village board Tuesday, Feb. 24, to share concerns over the transit-oriented redevelopment proposal by Holladay Properties for 2024 Chestnut Road (Village Hall parking lot) and 2066 Ridge Road (Matrix Building). Several residents took the stand to ask the board to reconsider[Read More…]
Tag: South Suburbs for Greenspace
Consultant reports water quality good at main Prairie Lakes; High iron content in northwest pond remains a problem
(Editor’s note: After local environmental activists questioned the original version of this story, we did a more thorough review of the report and presentation from the Fehr Graham study of the Prairie Lakes system and have revised the story to provide a more complete version of the study’s conclusions.) The[Read More…]
New partnership presents plan to save Calumet Country Club for golfing
Since 2019, developers and planners have insisted that the best and highest use of the Calumet Country Club property is industrial. But golfers have not given up on the historic if somewhat raggedy course that was built in 1917. A new partnership, Calumet Collaborative, formed recently led by two golfing[Read More…]
Letter: Environmental activists, local NAACP official critical of forum on Calumet Country Club redevelopment (free content)
Wednesday night, March 15, 2023, Hazel Crest President Vernard Alsberry hosted Calumet Country Club owner’s unregistered lobbyists, Catalyst Consulting, and the NAACP Illinois State Conference at an event which was described as a town hall on the industrial development of the Calumet Country Club. During her introduction, NAACP State President Teresa Haley[Read More…]
Homewood mayor weighs in on Calumet Country Club annexation issue
This story is the fourth and last in a series. Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld sent a letter to Hazel Crest Mayor Vernard Alsberry on Tuesday, Feb. 14, urging him to reject a request to annex the land of the former Calumet Country Club into the village. He briefly recounted the[Read More…]
Activists, Hazel Crest officials spar during board meeting (video)
This story is the third in a series. Several members of an activist group opposed to the industrial redevelopment of Calumet Country Club were ejected from the Hazel Crest board meeting on Feb. 14 after they disrupted the proceedings in protest over an agenda change. Five members of South Suburbs[Read More…]
Letter: Country club redevelopment opponents post open letter to Hazel Crest mayor (free)
President Vernard L. Alsberry: South Suburbs for Greenspace’s (SSG) purpose is to preserve the long-term health, prosperity, and quality of life of Southland residents by preserving greenspace, specifically the 127 acres of greenspace at the Calumet Country Club. Hazel Crest’s decision to annex the property owned by Diversified Partners is[Read More…]
Hazel Crest agrees to annex Calumet Country Club
This story is the first in a series. Hazel Crest trustees voted to annex Calumet Country Club while being nearly drowned out by a loud chorus of objections and demands to be heard from activists and residents opposed to the move. The annexation question took only a few minutes early[Read More…]
Project consultants, opponents campaign ahead of Hazel Crest vote on Calumet Country Club annexation
Hazel Crest could add a golf course that is poised to become a commercial/industrial development to the village with one vote on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The Board of Trustees will consider a measure at its regular meeting that would annex the portion of Calumet Country Club that was part of[Read More…]
South Suburbs for Greenspace to host informational meeting on Calumet Country Club redevelopment
South Suburbs for Greenspace (SSG) will host an informational meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at Wiley’s Grill, Coyote Run Golf Course, 800 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor, regarding the industrial development plans for Calumet Country Club. The group is encouraging Southland residents, particularly Hazel Crest residents, to learn about[Read More…]
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