Park Ridge Business
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Entertainment venues, grocery stores and more on tap for suburbs in 2026Jan 02, 2026 8:52 am - Pickleball courts, child day care facilities, data centers and restaurants have been popping up or proposed throughout the suburbs but they won’t be the only newcomers in 2026.
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Immigration battle, Kirk assassination among top stories of 2025Dec 30, 2025 11:05 pm - The reaction to conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, immigration enforcement efforts and the conclusion to a decades-old disappearance were among the top suburban stories of 2025.
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As home prices soar in the suburbs, communities struggle to meet affordable housing goalsDec 27, 2025 10:45 am - Several of our suburbs are failing to meet state law requirements for affordable housing. Others aren’t even filing the paperwork.
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‘Illinois cannot afford to lose this’: Local leaders hope to keep Bears in stateDec 18, 2025 7:45 pm - Arlington Heights Mayor Jim Tinaglia urged Springfield legislators to support the Bears’ request for a property tax break and public infrastructure funding, arguing that losing the team would be a “dark day” for Illinois.
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Schaumburg considering second tax incentive for industrial project replacing neighborhoodNov 26, 2025 1:33 pm - Schaumburg trustees next month will consider not just one but two tax incentives for a project proposed to replace 19 unincorporated homes near the village’s southwest corner with a pair of spec industrial buildings.
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Cook County’s tax delay exposes Illinois’ worsening business environmentNov 22, 2025 1:30 pm - Chicago’s and Cook County’s tax bases are eroding. The cost of the government keeps climbing.The biggest weak point is in the business sector. Commercial property values in the Loop fell by 7.2% during the past year. The taxes their owners will pay dropped by more than $129 million.
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‘This is where we wanted to be’: Patina Wine Bar closing Mount Prospect location, shifting its prospects to Park RidgeNov 18, 2025 5:34 pm - Mount Prospect has enjoyed a Renaissance in downtown dining, especially along the Prospect Avenue corridor. But a restaurant that played a major role in that revival, Patina Wine Bar, is leaving the downtown after a year and half, shifting its focus to a sister restaurant on another Prospect Avenue, this time in Park Ridge.
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Suburban hospitals receive ‘A’ rating in hospital safety reportNov 15, 2025 11:40 am - Sixteen suburban hospitals are among 35 statewide to receive an “A” rating for excellence in patient safety on The Leapfrog Group’s fall 2025 patient safety report card.
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Cook County launches Housing Market TrackerNov 14, 2025 7:17 am - The Cook County Assessor’s Office has launched its new Housing Market Tracker, a first-of-its-kind interactive map that shows real estate trends and individual sales in the county.
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Preckwinkle: Long-delayed Cook County property tax bills hitting mailboxes next weekNov 07, 2025 11:48 am - The long-overdue second installment of Cook County’s property tax bills will be mailed Nov. 14 and due Dec. 15.