The Southland Development Authority (SDA) announced that entrepreneur, investor and television host Marcus Lemonis will serve as the keynote speaker for the ACHIEVE Summit. In its second year, the Summit will take place June 4-6 at the Wind Creek Chicago Southland, with more than 1,000 attendees expected from across the United States and internationally. [Read More…]
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Homewood residents share concerns over transit-oriented development at board meeting
Residents of Homewood continued to express concerns over the downtown transit-oriented development of 2024 Chestnut Road and 2066 Ridge Road at the March 10 meeting prior to the board’s vote to choose Holladay Properties as the developer for both. After listening to the revisions to proposals made by the developers[Read More…]
Homewood Board votes for Holladay Properties to take on transit-oriented development project
The Homewood Village Board voted in favor of Holladay Properties, with the exception of Trustee Lauren Roman, for the downtown transit-oriented development (TOD) project at the March 10 meeting. The village received six proposals for redeveloping the sites of the village hall parking lot at 2024 Chestnut Road and the[Read More…]
Residents, carpenter’s union raise concerns about Homewood’s redevelopment choice
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…]
Homewood receives revised proposals from 2 developers not selected as preferred
Revised plans for two downtown Homewood redevelopment projects were announced at the Feb. 24 Village Board meeting, with developers reducing funding requests and proposing additional housing units. Following the solicitation of alternate proposals for 2024 Chestnut Road and 2066 Ridge Road from Feb. 10 to Feb. 24, revised submissions were[Read More…]
Flossmoor takes 1st step toward further development of Vollmer Road corridor
The Flossmoor Village Board approved a memorandum of understanding Feb. 2 with the Southland Development Authority (SDA), beginning what officials described as an early, exploratory step toward future commercial development along the Vollmer Road corridor. The agreement establishes a partnership allowing the SDA to help create a conceptual development plan,[Read More…]
Homewood board hears update on redevelopment proposals for Ridge Road and Chestnut Road sites
A brief update was presented to the Homewood Village Board regarding the transit-oriented development (TOD) proposals for 2066 Ridge Road and 2024 Chestnut Road at the Jan. 27 meeting. According to Homewood Economic and Community Development Director Angela Mesaros, since the last update that was presented to the board at[Read More…]
Cook County provides $1M to Southland Development Authority’s stimulus program to assist South Suburban businesses hit by the pandemic
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development today announced a $1 million award to the Southland Development Authority as part of the Cook County COVID-19 Recovery Small Business Assistance program to provide South Suburban businesses impacted by the pandemic with critical supports through mentorship, business advising[Read More…]
New south suburban economic development org aims to spur growth
The Southland Development Authority (SDA), a new vehicle designed to grow the economy in the South Suburbs, officially launched on Wednesday, Nov. 13. SDA is a next-generation economic development initiative designed to promote the large scale investments needed to propel the region forward. It is the result of work done[Read More…]
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