Chester eyes rezoning for 24 new rental units
Chester plans to rezone land on Union School Road to allow Forest Investment Co to build 24 middle income apartments. The move would convert the area from single family to multiple family or commercial use. If approved a public hearing will be held. The city also won a $120,000 EPA grant to rebuild a river lift station and stabilized sewer rates. The council considered computerizing payrolls and records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Chester
Forest Investment Co
Bellvue
Wash
Jim Carpenter
Columbia
Merle Moore
Waterloo
Stanley Maciejski
Zoning Board of Appeals
Illinois 150
Union School Road
Maciejski
Pinckneyville approves land purchase for water tower
Pinckneyville City Council authorized Mayor John Boyd to buy 1.7 acres for 18000 to locate a new water tower adjacent to the reservoir. The landowners are Ted Bartle Golda Bartle and Nan Davis. Engineering plans total about 500000, with funding to be arranged after acquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinois
Pinckneyville
John Boyd
Boyd
Jean Crawford
Ted Bartle
Golda Bartle
Nan Davis
Du Quoin Declares Three Buildings Unsafe for Repair or Demolition
The Du Quoin City Council declared three privately owned buildings unsafe and ordered repairs or demolition. Located at 15 N Chestnut 210 N Linden and 601 N Washington the move follows health and fire hazards cited by Fire Chief Richard Franck. The council also transferred $5000 to the Park Board to start operating the new swimming pool and approved an engineering agreement with John T Blankenship and Associates for water and sewer work at the southside site of a future shopping center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Cecil Daily
N. Chestnut
N. Linden
Washington
Richard Franck
Park Board
John T. Blankenship and Associates of
Murphysboro
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Menard
The
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Mississippi
Menard Complex
Enginee
Untt
Represen
Jones Inter-Cable
Jones
Omni-Midwest Communications Corp
Mount Vernon
Crawford
Omni-Midwest
Charles Schwebel
Charles Hagene
Wendall Wynn Anderson, OO
Harold
Butler, OG
o’Sultivan Optical, Inc
Ronroe
Metropolts
Zenith
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