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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Thursday, September 13, 2012
City leaders are accepting proposals from people who want to buy the building at 111 W. Madison St. until 4 p.m. Oct. 23.
Yorkville city leaders didn't receive any offers for the old post office building, but now they are seeking offers for the old jail. Aldermen decided Tuesday to accept bids for the former jail at 111 W. Madison St., which a group of residents have been raising money to restore into a museum for about two years. City leaders will accept bids until 4 p.m. Oct. 23 and will open the bids at the City Council meeting that starts at 7 p.m. that day. "I think it’s going to get restored quicker in the private sector than we’re ever going to get it," Ward 2 Alderman Larry Kot said. "If somebody out there wants it and fix it up, I’m all for it." The process will just affect the building, which hasn't been used as a jail since 1992. The city will …
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
The city still plans to build a parking lot at 111 W. Madison St., just north of the Kendall County Historic Courthouse.
City leaders have considered several spots to add downtown parking but decided to stick with the old jail site on Madison Street, Mayor Gary Golinski said. The city bought the building, which hasn't been used as a jail since 1992, with state grant money in 2010. The Department of Transportation gave $96,000 to replace public parking that will be removed along Route 47 as the downtown corridor is rebuilt, while the Illinois Bureau of Tourism chipped in $64,000. Since then, volunteers have provided some rennovations to the old jail and twice hosted haunted houses there as fundraisers for future improvements. The plan to build a parking lot and museum there formed before Golinski became mayor, and city leaders more recently had been exploring…
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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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The city will issue a "request for proposals;" a former alderman wants to build a brewery and retail space there.
Yorkville Mayor Gary Golinski broke a tie vote Tuesday in favor of seeking proposals for selling the old post office building downtown. The vote came after former alderman Jason Leslie walked some leaders, privately, through his plans for the building at 201 Hydraulic St. He also discussed his plans casually during the public comment portion of Tuesday's City Council meeting. Leslie is considering building a craft beer manufacturing space, retail space, and terraced landscaping in the back leading to a riverside pathway. Leslie thinks the space could be an extension of the Three Angels Brewing he started with area attorney Boyd Ingemunson, as well as a complement to other downtown developments. Some aldermen paused, though, in light of the…
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800 Game Farm Rd, Yorkville, IL
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Jason Leslie, of Three Angels Brewing, is interested in the city's former post office building.
Former Yorkville alderman Jason Leslie has a vision for the old post office building along the Fox River. Leslie anticipates gutting the building at 201 Hydraulic St. and building a craft beer manufacturing space, retail space, and terraced landscaping in the back leading to a riverside pathway. Leslie thinks the space would be an extension of the Three Angels Brewing he started with area attorney Boyd Ingemunson, as well as a complement to other downtown developments. He expects the downtown location would be open three days a week, offer three or so craft beers for patrons to drink on site and perhaps brew a few other beers for a downtown pub. But first, he needs Yorkville aldermen to agree to sell the building. Aldermen didn’t support …
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Agreement would support the developer of Cobblestone Bakery and The Follies Theatre.
Quick update: Aldermen unanimously approved the agreement on Tuesday, April 10. Yorkville aldermen are expected to discuss a $500,000 incentive plan for a downtown developer after a city committee gave it the thumbs up Tuesday. Imperial Investments, which redeveloped Cobblestone Bakery and Bistro and The Follies Theatre, would receive the incentive through the city’s downtown tax increment financing district. The four aldermen sitting on the Economic Development Committee voiced support for the draft incentive agreement Tuesday. Ward 3 Alderman Chris Funkhouser said the proposed projects were the sort TIF districts were designed to address. “I think these are realistic, and I’d like to see them succeed,” Funkhouser said. In a TIF district…
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101 W Van Emmon St, Yorkville, IL
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217 S Bridge St, Yorkville, IL
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202 E Van Emmon St, 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 ›