Submitted by jeffpsmith on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 05:06
As of this morning, only 1 of the last 8 scheduled meetings of the City Council Planning & Development Committee ("P&D") has its minutes published on the City website where they are normally listed. While the P&D meetings are open to the public,
Submitted by jeffpsmith on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 12:48
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Deacon's was a general-store type business that stood at 2926 Central St. for over three decades, offering dry goods, hardware, office supplies, candy, notions, and sundries, as well as the most extensive selection of sewing and craft supplies on the Central Street business strip. This refrigerator magnet, undated, bears a 708 area code, and must be from the 1990s. Eventually, like the several small drug stores on Central St., as well as Herdrich's about a mile east, Deacon's found it hard to compete with the big chains like Osco, Walgreen's, and Target.
With respect to the issue of height in the Core District and Central Core District (Fountain Square Block), the Plan Commission took the following actions last night:
After personally attending most of the Plan Commission meetings on the proposed Downtown Plan – and having read the transcripts or watched the televised version of the meetings I couldn’t attend – I thought it appropriate to offer my comments on the process and perceived status of the plan.
Submitted by jeffpsmith on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 14:13
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I got off the Central Street "L" stop very late one evening recently and the only light around was the glow coming from the other exit to the station, on the north side of Central. A few bikes were parked there. I thought it made a nice abstract.
