Katlyn Smith
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ULI Chicago offers redevelopment ideas for Naperville’s 5th Avenue areaSep 11, 2025 6:31 pm - A mix of new housing. A more permanent shelter for the Naperville Farmer's Market. An inviting pedestrian environment. A panel of real estate and development professionals is charting a new vision for properties around Naperville’s 5th Avenue Metra station.
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9/11 remembered with fields of flags; World Trade Center survivor to speak in NapervilleSep 10, 2025 5:11 pm - American flags honoring first responders killed on 9/11 are posted in the visceral “Healing Fields” in Carpentersville and in West Dundee 24 years later.
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‘It’s really pretty’: Heinen’s grocery store opens in NapervilleSep 10, 2025 4:05 pm - The fifth Heinen’s grocery store in the Chicago area opened Wednesday in Naperville with a packed parking lot and rave reviews. “I love it. It’s really pretty, and they have a really good selection of produce,” one Naperville mom said. Heinen’s is the rare family-owned and family-run grocery chain.
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‘Odd thing out’: Neighbors upset about proposed data center development in NapervilleSep 08, 2025 3:05 pm - Opponents of a proposed data center development in Naperville have voiced concerns about power consumption, water use and noise. They’re worried about residential property values and area forest preserves.
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‘A very large gap for us to fill’: Pantries struggle to meet surging demand amid federal cuts to food banksSep 06, 2025 1:27 pm - As its member pantries face persistently high demand, the Northern Illinois Food Bank is raising funds through an emergency initiative to help offset federal cuts.
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Naperville city council to vote on appointing Supna Jain to vacant spotSep 03, 2025 5:07 pm - Naperville City Council members are slated to vote this month to appoint a school board member in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 to a vacant seat on their panel.
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College Church withdraws parking expansion plan ‘for now’Sep 02, 2025 9:42 pm - College Church in Wheaton is going back to the drawing board after an initial plan for a new parking lot to the west of the sanctuary raised concerns from some neighbors.
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‘Backbone of the digital world’: Karis details plans for Naperville data center developmentSep 01, 2025 11:18 am - Karis Critical is proposing a relatively “boutique” data center development on the north side of Naperville.
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Developer acquires vacant Family Square mall site in downtown LisleAug 29, 2025 5:42 pm - A languishing strip mall property at the entrance to downtown Lisle now is in a developer’s hands.
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After ‘big misunderstanding,’ Mueller returning to Glenbard District 87 school boardAug 27, 2025 1:33 pm - Martha Mueller will take back her seat on the school board in Glenbard High School District 87 after what one official has called a “big misunderstanding.”