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Residents who live just outside the southwest corner of Elgin are worried about the traffic impact of two potential residential developments. One of the projects calls for 280 new apartments.

Elgin developments would double traffic near Otter Creek Elementary School

The second of two Elgin residential development projects that will double the traffic on the southwest side's Hopps Road faced opposition this week from long-time residents near Otter Creek Elementary School.
The village of Fox River Grove has hired a marketing firm to help redevelop building along Route 14 between Lincoln Avenue and Illinois Street.

Downtown redevelopment in Fox River Grove stalled, but village exploring more options

The good news, Fox River Grove trustees relayed this week, is that the village could be getting a new sushi restaurant to replace the former Sticks Pub & Grub along Route 14. Unfortunately, other properties along Route 14 remain in limbo, including a section of village-owned property secured via eminent domain.
Demolition of the Woodfield Green Executive Centre is about to start to begin the creation of a 28-acre entertainment district adjacent to Schaumburg’s Renaissance Hotel and convention center. Andretti Indoor Karting is planned to anchor the first phase.
Schaumburg entertainment district to start with demolition of office complex
The countdown is under way this month for the demolition of a single-story office complex that marks the first step in the creation of an entertainment district adjacent to Schaumburg's Renaissance Hotel and convention center.
Wheeling-based AARGUS Plastics wants to build warehouses on vacant land west of Route 83 on the southeast side of Grayslake.
Two plans emerge for new industrial, business developments in Grayslake
Two projects that could add a combined 140,000 square feet in new industrial building space are working through the approval process in the village of Grayslake.
This rendering show the plan for the exterior of a reconstructed Terminal 5 at O’Hare. The full remodel will be unveiled later this year, but this month Delta Air Lines will move to the terminal.
The next of the big moves at O'Hare: Delta about to shift to Terminal 5
Delta Air Lines will pack its bags next week for a short trip with major implications for O'Hare International Airport. The carrier is relocating from O'Hare's Terminal 2 to Terminal 5, where the Chicago Department of Aviation is finishing up a $1 billion rebuild and transition to offer both international and domestic flights.
The name is baffling, but the Polyp is a lot of fun. It scrambled Kiddieland guests starting in 1967.
Gone but not forgotten: A look back at suburban places that no longer exist
Over the past 150 years, countless places have opened and closed in the suburbs, including stores, restaurants, entertainment venues and businesses. Once again, we pay tribute to these gone-but-not-forgotten surburban icons.
Orrin Scwartz

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President Joe Biden greets Gov. J.B. Pritzker, left, Rep. Mike Quigley, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on Oct. 7, 2021. He then visited Elk Grove Village’s Technology Park to see a Microsoft data center being built.
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Carpentersville trustees approve zoning category for Randall Road corridor
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Elgin’s first electric streetcars began carrying passengers in 1890. Pictured here is Fountain Square around 1892.
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Park Place Shopping Center, near the intersection of Rand and Dundee roads in Palatine, could be home to a new grocery store. Village council members this week recommended a property tax incentive to help make it happen.
Tax break could help bring grocery store to Palatine shopping center
Palatine village council members on Monday recommended that Cook County grant a property tax incentive to a portion of the Park Place Shopping Center as its owner moves forward with improvements and the possible addition of a new grocery store.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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