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Bandits subsidy doubles

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Filed under: citycouncil

The Tribune reported last week that the city is now committing $711,000 to improvements at Judson University to allow the Chicago Bandits to play there. This represents more than a doubling of the $350,000 that was initially agreed upon. These improvements are for only three years of play at Judson. It comes […]

Villa Olivia hearing tonight

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Filed under: citycouncil

A public hearing for the Villa Olivia annexation is on the agenda for tonight’s city council meeting.

Continued Public Hearing Regarding an Annexation Agreement, Annexation, Zoning and Preliminary Plat for the Villa Olivia (Residential) Property; Property Commonly Known as 1901 Villa Street; by Ryland Homes, as Applicant and VO-Land, LLC, as Owner (Petition 84-06)
Continued Public Hearing […]

City council wrap-up

Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Filed under: citycouncil

Not a lot of people at last night’s meeting. That goes not just for the audience, but for the council itself. Councilmen Robert Gilliam, John Steffen and John Walters were absent.

The Mission nightclub gets the go-ahead for filming an MTV show
Artspace gets $25K for a “comprehensive marketing study of area artists”
Tongue N Chic […]

An Elgin concert hall

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Filed under: arts, citycouncil, downtown

Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal - britannica.com
If it looks like this, I won’t complain.
One of the reasons that I’ve found it hard to support an Elgin concert hall is that I have a sense of what kind of building they might build. One of the papers reported sometime last year or maybe the previous […]