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Archive for November, 2007

Senate Bill 1429 makes auto mall pointless

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Filed under: business, citycouncil, farwest

The city has been working on getting a luxury auto mall at the intersection of Randall and I-90, but proposed Illinois senate legislation would severely curtail any economic benefits that could be derived:
Senate Bill 1429, or the “streamlined sales tax bill,” would change the sales tax collection system by allocating revenue to the town where […]

Net Nanny CEO is EHS alumnus

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Filed under: Uncategorized

Interesting story from the Herald last week about an Elgin native who was recently recognized by the governor of Utah:
Since 2005, Sunderlage has been president and CEO of ContentWatch Inc., a Salt Lake City-based Internet filtering service, best known for the Net Nanny software, which the company acquired earlier this year. (source: Daily Herald 11/16/07)
He […]

Ravenheart Coffee opens downtown

Monday, November 19th, 2007
Filed under: business, downtown

Ravenheart Coffee opened for business today in downtown Elgin. I stopped by there this afternoon with Steve Munson of the DNA, after we had lunch at the Elgin Pub (mmm…love those burgers). We weren’t sure if the place was open, but we were standing around outside looking in and the owner, Jerri McCue […]

Gail Borden branch to go green

Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Filed under: farwest

The GBL’s branch library will be green, after all. At significantly higher cost…
In a reversal of a board vote this summer, the library board voted to stick with its vision of a “green” branch library. The board voted 6-0 to go forward with a geothermal heating and cooling system for the building.
In late summer, […]