Open house for new Hoffman Estates fire station to include naming of adjacent sled hill
The grand opening of Hoffman Estates’ newest fire station will include the naming of the sledding hill next door.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 12,000-square-foot Fire Station 21 at 225 Flagstaff Lane will kick off its open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.
That event will follow one week after an open house for Fire Station 23, 1300 Westbury Drive, from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3.
The new Fire Station 21 is immediately east of its now demolished predecessor, on land that had been part of the village’s Chino Park.
Leftover dirt from the renovation of both properties has been turned into a Chino Park sled hill that was the subject of a recently closed online naming contest.
The nominated names to choose from were Blizzard Bluff, Chino Chill Hill, Chino Slope, Fireside Slide, Mount Chino, Cowabunga Plunge and Snowmageddon.
The winning name will be announced during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the start of the Oct. 10 open house.
The replacement of Fire Station 21 was planned in conjunction with that of Fire Station 22, which has just begun construction. The two projects together cost approximately $25 million.
But unlike the recently completed station, the new Fire Station 22 will be built at a different site than its predecessor.
Construction at 1801 Governors Lane, formerly the site of a single-story office complex, is expected to be complete in early 2028.
On Sept. 28, the village board is scheduled to approve an agreement to sell the 1.35-acre site of the current Fire Station 22 at 1700 Moon Lake Blvd., near the Ascension Saint Alexius Medical Center campus, to the Association for Individual Development.
The proposed buyer plans to build a permanent supportive housing facility for residents with intellectual disabilities.
The purchase price is set at $300,000 with the village’s agreement to waive inspection fees. But AID would buy the property as-is and assume responsibility for demolition of the fire station.
Though not yet designed, the building is anticipated to be three stories, include 30 to 40 living units and largely resemble a regular market-rate housing development, village officials said.
The village recognized a need for such supportive housing in the community and sent out requests for qualifications last year to identify a firm to build and operate it.
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