Jack Blazevich, Freelance Writer
October 11, 2019
With phase A of the DGS Master Facility Plan nearing completion, phases B and C are in motion, and the construction at DGS is “more than on time.” DGS Principal Ed Schwartz is involved with this project and explains what he knows is going on. This whole construction project going on in District 99 costs $136.6 million in total. The amount that DGS has received is “about 67 to 70 million and there was $9 million in total done just this summer,” Schwartz said. The construction happening at DGS is on time and ahead of schedule. Out of the three phases in the construction happening at DGS, phase A is pretty much complete. Phase B should be complete by the end of this year and phase C should be completed by the fall of 2021. Schwartz explains the setbacks and goals for...
Alison Goulding and Paul Szmanda
October 9, 2019
The Downers Grove Village Council voted 4 to 3 to opt out of allowing the sale of recreational cannabis in the village. The decision was made at the Oct. 8 council meeting after three hours of commentary from a packed village hall. Before commentary on the original ordinance began, Commissioner Greg Hosé proposed an amendment. This came in the form of a sunset clause that would expire the ordinance effective Jan. 1, 2021. The council would have to revisit the issue in order to extend the effects of the proposed ordinance. Hosé said this would act as a “pause button” to allow the council more time to research the subject and to view and learn from what happens in neighboring communities that have voted to allow the sale of recreational cannabis in their town. Some in the audience,...
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