Homewood Police Chief Bill Alcott will present a new public service video at the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees on Tuesday. The video, produced by the village in collaboration with Homewood School District 153, is aimed at improving safety around school buses. A group of Willow School kindergarten graduates star[Read More…]
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Homewood asks residents to email officials for train station funding
Homewood officials are asking residents for help to ensure funding for the village’s train station renovation, which they say is being challenged by Chicago. The village is asking residents to email a letter to CMAP officials urging them to keep the original funding methodology. Get a copy of the letter[Read More…]
Homewood board denounces trucking center plans
Editor’s note: This is the third story in a series exploring the proposed redevelopment of Calumet Country Club. The Homewood Board of Trustees have denounced plans for a trucking center development in place of the Calumet Country Club. During a special meeting July 18, board members and Mayor Rich[Read More…]
Homewood residents offer ideas, urge village to fight redevelopment project
From the perspective of Homewood officials and residents at a special board of trustees meeting Thursday, July 18, the proposed redevelopment of Calumet Country Club appears to be a doubly bad deal: a big loss and a bad gain. The loss would be a historic country club and nearly 130 acres[Read More…]
New police, fire, public works vehicles for Homewood
The police, fire and public works departments will be getting new trucks in Homewood after the board approved leases at its July 23 meeting. Public works will replace its engineering division’s 2008 Ford Explorer and street division’s 2006 plow truck, also through a separate purchasing cooperative.
Police to conduct drill Thursday at Willow School in Homewood
Homewood officials urge residents near Willow School in Homewood not to call 911 if they see police presence in the area on Thursday morning. The Homewood Police Department, in cooperation with School District 153, will conduct a critical incident drill from 8 a.m. to noon on Thursday, July 25, at[Read More…]
Developer proposes annexing Calumet Country Club to Hazel Crest to enable development of trucking center
Homewood trustees will hold a special board meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, to discuss a developer’s proposal to convert Calumet Country Club into a trucking center. In December 2018, Diversified Partners CRE, a developer headquartered in Arizona, approached the village with a plan to develop a trucking[Read More…]
Homewood trustees to consider local gas tax, alternative water sources
Homewood trustees will consider a measure Tuesday to add a 3-cent per gallon tax to gasoline sold in the village. If implemented, and in combination with an expected increase in Motor Fuel Tax revenue from the state, the village could more than double the funds used for the street resurfacing program.
Liquor license for H-F Racquet and Fitness Club approved
A liquor license was approved for the Homewood-Flossmoor Racquet and Fitness Club by the Homewood village board Tuesday, June 25. The club is part of the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District. In a letter to Homewood Mayor Richard Hofeld, park district Executive Director Debbie Kopas said the racquet and fitness club[Read More…]
Homewood Fire Department purchases used pumper for reserve role
The purchase of a used pumper truck for the Homewood Fire Department was approved by the village board Tuesday, June 25. Deputy Chief Steve DeJong traveled to Manhasset, New York, last month to inspect the pumper and ensure that all proper testing and maintenance had been done. The 2004[Read More…]
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