Christopher Placek
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How Elk Grove is using TIF money for new high school culinary labFeb 15, 2024 7:27 pm - Tax increment financing money controlled by Elk Grove Village will pay for nearly half the cost of a state-of-the-art industrial kitchen at Elk Grove High School, which i...
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Cook County panel turns down Bears’ tax appeal, but decision isn’t finalFeb 14, 2024 5:04 pm - The Cook County Board of Review on Wednesday endorsed county Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s valuation of the Arlington Park property, which could stick the Chicago Bears with a t...
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‘A convenient argument’: Superintendents say they’re not to blame if Bears stay downtownFeb 12, 2024 8:22 pm - Leaders of Arlington Heights-area school districts engaged in a property tax battle with the Chicago Bears said Monday they’ve been unfairly portrayed as potentially scut...
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Fat Rosie’s moving into old Park Tavern in RosemontFeb 12, 2024 1:04 pm - Fat Rosie's plans to open this year in the Rosemont entertainment district space recently vacated by Park Tavern, officials said Monday.
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‘Stood up for our taxpayers’: District 214 superintendent defends approach in property tax battle with BearsFeb 10, 2024 12:55 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 Superintendent Scott Rowe denied his and two other Arlington Heights-area school districts are being “greedy” in their ongoing...
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New associate superintendent appointed in District 214Feb 09, 2024 3:36 pm - Kara Kendrick has been promoted to associate superintendent for student services in Northwest Suburban High School District 214. Kendrick, associate principal for student...
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Another suspect charged in 2023 Arlington Heights jewelry store armed robberyFeb 08, 2024 10:40 pm - Another suspect has been charged in the smash-and-grab armed robbery of an Arlington Heights jewelry store more than a year ago.
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Old Arlington Heights office building near Bears property demolished for redevelopmentFeb 07, 2024 7:04 pm - An old office building on the outskirts of the Arlington Park property met the same fate as the demolished racetrack buildings, with an eye toward the same property tax savings the Chicago Bears are trying to achieve.
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‘This is Arlington Heights history’: Board rejects developer’s bid to tear down 19th-century homeFeb 06, 2024 7:24 pm - A late 19th-century house — one of only three Italianate architecture style structures left in Arlington Heights — is being spared from the wrecking ball.
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‘Turn your grief into helping others’: Friends start charity to honor Arlington Heights cyclist who died in crashFeb 06, 2024 1:10 pm - Determined to carry on his legacy, friends and family of an Arlington Heights man who died in a 2022 AIDS charity bike ride have launched a nonprofit organization dedicat...