Grandwood Park Business
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Kildeer seeking local sales tax hike to offset loss of Best Buy, other factorsAug 30, 2024 9:17 pm - Kildeer lost its top sales tax producer when Best Buy closed earlier this year and is seeking a 1/2% sales tax hike to help replace the loss.
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EV component manufacturer opens U.S. headquarters in Buffalo GroveAug 29, 2024 12:38 pm - Ymer Technology, a manufacturer of electric vehicle (EV) components for the heavy equipment industry, has opened its new U.S. headquarters in Buffalo Grove.
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More personal watercraft parking comes to the Chain O’ LakesAug 26, 2024 8:09 am - There are more and more personal watercraft on the Chain O’ Lakes every year. What the lakes don’t have as many of are spots at public docks and private restaurants to park PWC. Power sports dealership Nielsen Enterprises is looking to change that.
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‘We expect picking to be great’: Where you can pick your own apples this fallAug 24, 2024 9:07 am - The apple crop is looking good this year, according to owners of local orchards. Here’s a look at where you can pick your own this fall.
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‘Great idea, wrong location’: Fixed shelter for homeless adults nixed in GurneeAug 20, 2024 9:08 pm - A proposal to convert the FairBridge Inn on Grand Avenue in Gurnee to a fixed-site homeless shelter was derailed Monday.
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Path forward for Liberty Theater site? Village ‘committed’ to improving downtown gatewayAug 20, 2024 3:09 pm - Although a key requirement was narrowly rejected by the village board last week, there may be a path forward for redevelopment of the former Liberty Theater and property as a northern gateway to downtown Libertyville.
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‘It’s all about the bumblebees’: Dogs looking for nests help effort to boost pollinator habitats and populationAug 16, 2024 5:06 pm - Specially-trained dogs were used in Lake County forest preserves this year to locate bumblebee nests in an effort to improve pollinator habitat.
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‘It’s going to happen again’: Biting mites an issue for some following cicada emergenceAug 15, 2024 6:57 pm - Like 17 years ago, a corollary effect of the periodical cicada emergence has left some people scratching unexplained red welts appearing seemingly out of nowhere.
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‘I saw it as an opportunity’: Lake Zurich works toward banning sale of Delta-8, Kratom productsAug 09, 2024 9:44 pm - Lake Zurich has joined several other communities in banning the sale of unregulated Delta-8 and Kratom products.
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Contract approvals expected for additional roundabouts, trails in Lake County’s road planAug 05, 2024 4:53 pm - Another batch of big road and trail projects have been recommended for approval and are expected to proceed in various parts of Lake County.