Carbondale approves downtown TIF district plan
Carbondale City Council approved a 257000 redevelopment plan for 114 S. Illinois Ave. to revitalize a vacant downtown building with first floor commerce and possible second floor residences. The measure, approved unanimously, spans 23 years and funds via the TIF. The council also entered an intergovernmental agreement to contest property valuations over 100000 and renamed part of East Jackson Street for former councilwoman Corene McDaniel. Hospital Drive was renamed.
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Carbondale
S. Illinois Ave
Mary Lou’s Grill
Hugh Williams
Kevin Baity
East Jackson Street
Wall Street
Corene McDaniel
Hospital Drive
Groundbreaking slated for $14 million Carbondale senior care facility
Officials celebrate the start of a new 120 bed skilled nursing facility on Liberty Village campus in Carbondale replacing the Jackson County Rehab and Care Center in Murphysboro. The project by Unlimited Development Inc. aims to modernize regional elder care with state of the art equipment near Memorial Hospital. No completion date given.
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Paul Newton
Southern Carbondale
Joel Fritzler
Unilimited Development Inc
Don Fike
Liberty Village
Carbondale
Jackson County Rehab and Care
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board
Frank Puttman
Jackson County Board
Memorial Hospital of
Bill Crain
Unlimited Development Inc
UDI
Barbie Moore
New Liberty Village
Mistake by state costs SIU 132000 dollars
SIU Carbondale will absorb a 132000 dollar hit after the Illinois Student Assistance Commission miscalculated Monetary Award Program grants. ISAC announced a statewide 10 percent cutback totaling about 2 million dollars, affecting roughly 318 SIU Carbondale students who lose between 106000 and 107000 dollars collectively.
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Carbondale
SIU
Illinois Student Assistance Commission
ISAC
SIU Carbondale
Jefferson County considers Sunday liquor sales proposal
Jefferson County board members seek public input on expanding liquor sales. Doug Webb of Woodlawn Bar urged approval at the April meeting, arguing customers travel to neighboring counties for Sunday drinks and that his bar is open Monday through Saturday with no Sunday sales currently allowed.
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Jefferson County
Doug Webb
Woodlawn Bar
Students honored at 43rd SISHSA banquet in Carbondale
In Carbondale the 43rd annual Southern Illinois Society for High School Achievement banquet recognized 199 students from 34 local schools as outstanding scholars community servants leaders and athletes. The school selects six honorees each year for academics or extracurriculars and the SIU ballrooms hosted the event.
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Southern Illinois Society For
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Southern Ilinoisan
SIU
Illinois
Megan Ervin
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