Broken windows. Overgrown weeds. Peeling paint. Collapsing gutters. All communities face the challenge of property maintenance, especially when some residents allow their homes to fall into disrepair. Deteriorating homes, both inside and out, are aggravating to neighbors and raise the likelihood of fire, injury, disease and health problems. Flossmoor took[Read More…]
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November referendum vote planned on Flossmoor’s pickup truck restrictions
One of Flossmoor’s newest residents Monday brought an old question to officials at the village board meeting. Why does Flossmoor prohibit parking personal use pickup trucks in residential areas? “What was the problem?” Mark Penacho asked board members. Penacho said he moved to Flossmoor “two days ago” and only discovered[Read More…]
Pickup truck discussion returns to Flossmoor board Monday
Flossmoor’s long-standing prohibition on pickup truck parking in residential neighborhoods will be back on the agenda at Monday’s board village board meeting. According to a media advisory released Friday, the village board “will discuss the consideration of a revision to the Village of Flossmoor Zoning Ordinance which regulates the[Read More…]
New full-service dental center would be first in South Suburbs
Final site plans for a new comprehensive dental care center slated for development in Flossmoor gained village board approval this month. The Center for Dental Excellence (CDE) will construct a 4,000-square-foot addition to expand its existing practice at 19615 Governors Highway.
Crosswalks will be removed from traffic island in downtown Flossmoor
Traffic patterns for cars and trucks in downtown Flossmoor will not change following approval of a plan designed to make crossing Sterling Avenue a safer experience. However, pedestrians will be asked to alter their trek across Sterling at the traffic island just west of the Metra station. This images[Read More…]
Village, schools add crossing guard in downtown Flossmoor
With the addition of a crossing guard at school dismissal time, Flossmoor officials are continuing to target traffic problems in the village’s downtown area. In a Thursday media advisory, Village Manager Bridget Wachtel said the village and Flossmoor School Distrcit 161 have agreed to add a crossing guard at the[Read More…]
Next Flossmoor budget closes gap with help from projected sales tax revenue
Buoyed by an anticipated half-million dollars in additional tax revenue, the fiscal year 2018-2019 budget for the Village of Flossmoor was passed unanimously by the board of trustees April 16. The nearly $14 million budget leans in part on revenue projected to be collected from the sales tax increase[Read More…]
Green goals in Flossmoor selected from regional initiative
Flossmoor has signed onto a Chicago-area initiative that encourages green practices to make local communities — and the entire metropolitan — more environmentally sustainable. The village board also honored Brian Zakem for his role in developing green initiatives.
Longer parking hours approved for downtown Flossmoor
Four-hour parking is coming to downtown Flossmoor. Village board members have approved an increase in parking time for 52 spaces on Sterling Avenue and Central Drive. Currently, two hours of parking is allowed at those spaces.
As costs rise, Flossmoor OKs slight increase in water rate
Water rates in Flossmoor are going up again, although the latest increase is less than 1 percent. Village board members Monday approved a 12-cent increase per 1,000 gallons of water, a step that is being taken to offset small rate hikes from Chicago and Harvey. The new costs translate into[Read More…]
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