Tuesday, September 25, 2012
A guitar shop and party pad are coming to the city building at Bicentennial Riverfront Park.
Erich Goepel has started a handful of businesses, including the coffee shop that will celebrate its one-year anniversary at Bicentennial Riverfront Park on Nov. 5. Goepel's River City Roasters, along with Creative Kernels Gourmet Popcorn, were part of a relatively new concept for the city of Yorkville. The city rented space in a park building at 131 E. Hydraulic Ave. to the two businesses for a base rent plus 5 percent of their sales. The experiment is continuing with a few changes. Creative Kernels Gourmet Popcorn discontinued its lease in the south portion of the building, and White Water Ice Cream, which had subletted space from Creative Kernels, is expanding into the former popcorn space with a "party pad" for kids parties and group …
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Bicentennial Riverfront Park
201 E Hydraulic St, Yorkville, IL
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Creative Kernels
131 E Hydraulic St, Yorkville, IL
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Foxy's Gourmet Ice Cream
131 E Hydraulic St, Yorkville, IL
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River City Roasters
131 E Hydraulic St, Yorkville, IL
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Yorkville city leaders backtrack after state says burying downtown utility wires not eligible for county revolving loan fund.
Yorkville can't borrow money from the county to bury the utility wires strung along the municipal parking lot near Cobblestone Bakery and Bistro, City Administrator Bart Olson said in a memo. "The various service lines and transformers appear to be several decades old, and in various states of disrepair," Olson wrote in a memo last month to City Council members. "Besides the potential for service issues, the equipment does not match the aesthetics of the surrounding downtown area." City leaders had been exploring borrowing $250,000 from the county's $1.9 million revolving loan fund, which provides loans to local businesses and government to create or retain local jobs. The project, requested by Imperial Investments, could be covered by the…
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Cobblestone Bakery and Bistro
101 W Van Emmon St, Yorkville, IL
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Monday, September 17, 2012
City leaders approved an incentive package for the restaurant, which would be built near Blackstone Bar & Grill.
Dairy Queen Grill and Chill is expected to be built in Yorkville by Feb. 28, according to a $30,740 sales tax rebate pact aldermen approved last week. Aniri LLC is expected to build a 2,187-square-foot restaurant at 704 E. Veterans Parkway that could employ 38 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees, according to a draft of the agreement presented last week. The corporation will receive a 0.5 percent sales tax rebate over 10 years or up to $30,740, whichever comes first, according to the draft agreement. Yorkville aldermen unanimously approve the pact Tuesday. Aniri LLC had been exploring building the restaurant in Kendall Marketplace, the shopping center that houses Target, but the developer abandoned those plans because of Kendall…
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Blackstone Bar & Grill
600 E Veterans Pkwy, Yorkville, IL
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Despite discussions earlier this summer, Three Angels Brewing decided against bidding on the former post office location.
Yorkville leaders opened the lone bid for purchasing the former post office building Tuesday to discover they had no bids. Jason Leslie and Boyd Ingemunson, of Three Angels Brewing, didn't think three-quarters of the aldermen would support selling 201 Hydraulic St., so they decided against pursuing a purchase this summer. Mayor Gary Golinski broke a tie vote in favor of seeking bids in June after Leslie detailed hopes for the space along the Fox River. Leslie was considering building a craft beer manufacturing space, retail space, and terraced landscaping in the back leading to a riverside pathway. Leslie described the space as an extension of the Three Angels Brewing he started with Ingemunson, a local attorney, as well as a complement to…
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United City of Yorkville City Hall
800 Game Farm Rd, Yorkville, IL
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Musician Jon Conover is handing booking for the theatre in the former location of The Follies Theatre downtown.
Yorkville's new downtown theatre's debut show will feature three singer-songwriters Friday in the former location of The Follies Theatre. Here is a news release provided by Rivers Edge Theatre: Musicians/Singers/Songwriters Jon Conover, Leslie Beukelman and Miles Nielsen will kick off the start of the singer/songwriter series at the new Rivers Edge Theatre. This series will bring the region’s best songwriters out to tell the stories behind their music every Friday in August and September. Conover, whose first album was recorded in Chicago in 2006, and most recent album last year in Los Angeles, has recently taken over booking for the Rivers Edge Theatre. This seemed like a good fit for Conover who has a large fan base and many talented …
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217 S Bridge St, Yorkville, IL
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The theatre group is considering a handful of locations as developers move forward with other plans at their downtown Yorkville location.
The Follies Theatre group is looking for a new location in the surrounding area after performing the last show Sunday in the downtown theatre that opened New Year's Eve. The Follies wish developer Rick Tollefson, of Imperial Investments, the best in its next phase of downtown redevelopment, Follies producer Don Grant Zellmer said.The developer plans to expands Cobblestone Bakery & Bistro and maintains a performance area with a variety of acts in the space that had housed The Follies Theatre. Other plans for downtown Yorkville include a Mongolian barbeque-style restaurant and revamping Kendall Pub into Kendall Grille. The Follies moved to Yorkville about seven months ago from Utica, where they had performed for about three years. Recent …
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The Follies Theatre
217 S Bridge St, Yorkville, IL
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Kendall Pub is getting a new name and atmosphere, Cobblestone is getting more space, and the town is getting a whole new restaurant.
Related articles: • Tollefson Shares Plans for Revamping Downtown • Tollefson Purchases Kendall Pub • Aldermen Approve Incentives for Cobblestone Developer • Photos: Visual Tour of Yorkville's Downtown Construction Plans • Cobblestone More than a Bakery • YEDC Speaker: 'It's Risky Business' • Sugar Shack Bakery Opens in Downtown Yorkville
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Bridge Street Cafe and Lounge
213 S Bridge St, Yorkville, IL
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Kendall Grille
209 S Bridge St, Yorkville, IL
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Cobblestone Bakery and Bistro
101 W Van Emmon St, Yorkville, IL
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The Follies Theatre
217 S Bridge St, Yorkville, IL
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Rick Tollefson, of Imperial Investments, wants to use Cobblestone Bakery & Bistro as a template for other downtown projects.
Developer Rick Tollefson and his crew spun about three dozen different concepts before settling on three for the west side of Route 47 in Yorkville's downtown. "I hope what we build here is something people will be proud of," Tollefson said at a Tuesday morning meeting with local press. Tollefson, who also is president of sportsware manufacturer Boombah, plans to expand Cobblestone Bakery & Bistro to allow for more large-group seating and more bakery sales space. That would add 80 to 100 seats to the 40 interior seats and 20 exterior seats Cobblestone presently offers. Tollefson also plans to revamp The Follies Theatre into a performance area managed by musician Jon Conover and add a BD's Mongolian Barbeque-style restaurant next door. The …
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Bridge Street Cafe and Lounge
213 S Bridge St, Yorkville, IL
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Kendall Grille
209 S Bridge St, Yorkville, IL
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Cobblestone Bakery and Bistro
101 W Van Emmon St, Yorkville, IL
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The Follies Theatre
217 S Bridge St, Yorkville, IL
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Kendall County leaders explain what they have done since releasing a new economic development plan in December.
Kendall County’s economic development efforts center on a county employee, a $15,000 budget, a handful of county board members and a 72-page plan. The plan, approved in December after two public roundtables, looks to push the county’s economic development efforts beyond the $1.9 million revolving loan fund that saw some failed loans in past years as the economy plummeted. The plan targets industrial and manufacturing growth, partially in hopes of attracting jobs that pay more than basic retail jobs and partially to avoid duplicating more local efforts, such as the Yorkville Economic Development Corporation, Oswego's village Economic Development Department and the Montgomery Economic Development Corporation. The tasks may be relatively new …
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Kendall County Administrative Services
111 W Fox Rd, Yorkville, IL
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Here are some statistics gleaned from the Kendall County Community Economic Development Plan.
Embedded within the 72 pages of the Kendall County Community Economic Development Plan is a plethora of statistics about the county's workforce and growth. Most come straight from the U.S. Census Bureau. Here are some of the more interesting facts: • Kendall County residents spend more time commuting than their neighbors. In 2009, the average commute time was 33.3 minutes for Kendall County residents, while it was 22.1 minutes for LaSalle County residents, 32.6 minutes for Will County residents and 28.5 minutes for Kane County residents. • In 2009, social services, retail, professional/administrative and manufacturing were the four industries employing the most people in Kendall County. The county’s biggest private employers are …
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Kendall County Administrative Services
111 W Fox Rd, Yorkville, IL
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Jillian Duchnowski
3:50 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
To provide a bit of an update: City Administrator Bart Olson said it was the utility project itself that raised objections from state officials. So, city leaders and Imperial Investments can apply for county revolving loans for other construction projects that help provide jobs in Yorkville. more ›