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Archive for January, 2006

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Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
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A couple more thoughts/questions on the proposed Wal-Mart on Randall Road. Is the property already incorporated? If not, is it substantially contiguous to South Elgin such that there’s a possibilty of it being annexed to South Elgin if Elgin doesn’t agree to the development in its current form? If the city is […]

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Friday, January 27th, 2006
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I’ve finally gotten around to fixing the broken “Community” link on the menu over there –>
That’s the only link that goes to a Craigslist page. The others go to Oodle, which aggregates just about all classifieds. So it’s a powerful resource for anyone looking for Elgin jobs, real estate, or merchandise. For […]

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Friday, January 27th, 2006
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The council tabled a proposal to put a Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart Supercenter on Randall Road at the Bowes intersection. I hadn’t heard anything about this proposal before, so I found it sort of suprising. I’d thought though that the site mentioned was the one the GBL had its eyes on for a […]

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Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
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I forget to mention earlier that the December (2005) issue of Architectural Record has a small profile of the Renishaw building on the Sears/Prairie Stone campus. It was designed by annex|5, A. Epstein & Sons. I’ve often admired it on my visits to the Sears/Prairie Stone campus. If you haven’t been to […]