The Downtown Neighborhood Association continues its path toward autonomy this week as the Elgin City Council is asked to formalize a shift in the agency’s funding toward a source generated within Center City area.
City officials announced in November that the Downtown Neighborhood Association had proposed that it be funded through the Center City tax increment financing district instead of through the city’s general fund.
The Downtown Neighborhood Association plans to be funded by TIF money through 2015, but the agency has an eye on establishing a special assessment area to provide …

The Elgin woman said opening her own knitting and yarn store is something she has wanted to do for a long time, but only seriously considered recently. Hours: Opens at 10 am Saturday, Feb. 11. Store will open at 10 am Tuesdays through Sundays; …

The Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin will begin exploring whether adding a live entertainment venue to its repertoire will help it better compete with Des Plaines’ Rivers Casino. Since the Des Plaines casino opened last summer, the Grand Victoria has …

By Mike Danahey mdanahey@stmedianetwork.com February 7, 2012 2:16PM ELGIN — With the death of her husband last year, former state representative and City Council member Ruth Munson has taken an ownership role with the hyper local website BocaJump.com.

“It’s either going to affect school districts who don’t have the money to absorb those costs,” said Elgin Area Unit 46 spokesman Tony Sanders, “or it’s going to affect the teachers who will have to pick up an increase on their paychecks for their …