Neumann goes bankrupt, Merrill posts its biggest loss in 93 years, and Elgin foreclosures increase 42% year-over-year. Call me a pessimist, but somehow I don’t think this Channing Square project is going to come to fruition anytime soon.
Julie Schmitt has been passionately fighting this development, but hers has probably been an unnecessary expenditure of […]
Two publicly-traded companies based in Elgin, and their divergent paths:
If you invested, $10,000 in Middleby just five years ago, today it would be worth about $150,000! That kind of performance is exceptional for even an Elgin-based company. Hats off to Selim Bassoul.
Sanfilippo (JBSS) did not fare as well…
Try typing “downtown neighborhood” into one of the search engines, and you’ll see something interesting. Elgin’s very own Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) shows up on the front page. It’s #8 in Google and #5 in Yahoo. That’s right, Elgin’s DNA beats out the downtown neighborhood associations of much larger cities. That’s […]
[Hoffman Estates] expects to receive at least $2 million annually in taxes, after the retailer takes advantage of all the financial incentives it has been offered.
Local sales and home-rule taxes will bring in about $1.84 million annually, and village’s food and beverage tax is expected to generate another $46,000 a year, said Dan O’Malley, deputy […]
