December 6, 2010
Plan Commission – 7pm – Council Chambers – Agenda
99BOE Workshop/Special Meeting – 7pm- ASC – Agenda
December 7, 2010
Village Council Meeting – 7pm – Council Chambers – Agenda
December 8, 2010
Transportation and Parking Committee – 7pm – Council Chambers – Agenda
Board of Trustees, Downers Grove Public Library – 7:30pm- Meeting Room, DGPL – Agenda
December 9, 2010
Environmental Concerns Commission – 7pm – Public Works Training Room, 5101 Walnut – Agenda
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Forget the discussion on the tax levy at Tuesday night’s Village council meeting; the real excitement is at this week’s Plan Commission meeting on Monday.
Not only will the Plan Commission be accepting for consideration the draft Comprehensive Plan, which has been in the works for months, but the members will vote on “A petition seeking a Preliminary Planned Development Amendment to P.D. #31 Esplanade for the construction of a five-story office building for a medical and dental clinic and a six-level parking garage on the property commonly known as 3450 Lacey Road.” In today’s economic stagnation, there are still movers and shakers in Downers Grove, and Midwestern University is one of them. With developer Hamilton Partners, Midwestern is proposing a 213,000 square feet facility as well as a 700 space parking garage next to the Sara Lee building. This project will bring jobs to Downers Grove- during construction and especially after- and will benefit all of the surrounding service businesses. The Chronicle is hugely enthusiastic about this endeavor, and strongly supports its approval by the Plan Commission and eventually, the Village council. The Economic Development Corporation should be rightly proud of its work in encouraging and facilitating this project.
The Plan Commission will be considering the draft Comprehensive Plan, upon recommendation from the Ad Hoc committee and village staff. The Chronicle is strongly opposed to passing the plan in its current incarnation, and hopes the Plan Commission is able to separate the land use and economic development component from the rest of the plan, which has troubling shades of social engineering. ~Ed.