Katlyn Smith
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Wheaton rejects plan to turn former hardware store into co-working spaceNov 19, 2025 5:31 pm - The Wheaton City Council has turned down a proposal for a co-working space to use a “prime real estate location” downtown.
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Demolition set for former Bolger Farm near WheatonNov 19, 2025 12:45 pm - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County plans to tear down the equestrian facilities at a former horse boarding center near Wheaton. The conservation agency paid $12 million for the property and will return it to open space.
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Builder interested in developing former Lombard seminary campus with roughly 160 townhousesNov 18, 2025 3:49 pm - Less than a decade ago, a Baptist seminary moved its main campus from Lombard to Lisle, leaving a uniquely shaped property east of the Yorktown Center shopping mall. A homebuilder has floated a proposal to develop the site with townhouses.
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Naperville mulls whether to fund mental health crisis unitNov 17, 2025 8:21 pm - Naperville officials are revisiting a proposal to establish a full-time unit of highly trained police officers who would respond to people experiencing a mental health crisis.
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A ‘fundamental issue’: Advocates celebrate Glen Ellyn affordable housing developmentNov 15, 2025 1:15 pm - Nonprofit Full Circle Communities will develop 42 units of affordable housing in Glen Ellyn, a project years in the making. “We’re finally reaching the finish line,” one supporter said.
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‘We need to act now’: DuPage County to shift funds to help food pantries amid SNAP crisisNov 13, 2025 6:06 pm - DuPage County plans to use $2.1 million previously earmarked for small human service grants to instead help food providers that have become a lifeline during the SNAP disruption. “I know that it will take some time before SNAP benefits are back fully,” a food pantry leader said Thursday.
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From hardware to offices? Carlson store in Wheaton could become co-working spaceNov 12, 2025 5:32 pm - The development team behind a co-working and event center in Oak Park wants to replicate the concept in a “beloved building” in downtown Wheaton. It’s only the first phase of what could become a larger project.
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I-88 or 5th Avenue? Naperville to decide which area will be focus of new studyNov 11, 2025 6:49 pm - Naperville will set aside $150,000 in next year’s budget for initiating one in-depth study focused on a large-scale redevelopment area in the city. But the city council has yet to decide which area to prioritize: the I-88 corridor or the properties around Naperville’s 5th Avenue Metra station.
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Glen Ellyn wants input on potential fire station renovationsNov 10, 2025 6:06 pm - A design firm is taking stock of Glen Ellyn’s two fire stations, one of which is downtown and the other, south of Roosevelt Road.
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‘It’s magnificent’: How a dam-free Salt Creek, Fullersburg Woods have been revitalizedNov 08, 2025 12:15 pm - Two years ago this month, the Graue Mill dam was removed from Salt Creek. Forest preserve officials in DuPage County say there have since been signs of ecological progress.