Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Northeast corner of Deerfield and Waukegan Roads is set for upgrade. Greater recycling requirements imposed on building remodelers.
The public plaza at the northeast corner of Waukegan and Deerfield Roads will get a beautification boost from the Village this spring. The path to the improvements came after the Village Board of Trustees unanimously approved a lease for the land with US Bank at its Jan. 7 meeting. Deerfield will take control of the property April 1. Earlier: Lake Cook Road Corridor Plan Moves Forward “We’re going to improve the property for use as a public plaza,” Village Administrative Assistant Andrew Lichterman told the Trustees and Mayor Harriet Rosenthal Jan. 7. There are currently trees, bushes and benches. “This is a beautification effort that’s been in need of leadership.” There was nothing but optimism coming from the mayor the trustees after …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Though Village Board members like the concept, not everyone wants to see a commercial scavenger franchise.
Recycling of commercial waste is a step closer to reality after Mayor Harriet Rosenthal and the Board of Trustees directed Village Manager Kent Street and his staff to begin the bidding process at Monday’ Committee of the Whole meeting. Though the Village will prepare a request for proposal (RFP) to be discussed by the Board and the public, the project potentially remains two years from implementation, according to Jennifer Maltas, assistant to Street. Earlier: Board Seeks Cut of Tax Levy Proposal The procedure for employing a commercial scavenger franchise is governed by state law, according to Maltas. Once the RFP is ready there must be a public hearing at which time the document could be altered. After the hearing, the RFP is issued by …
Monday, June 4, 2012
Village will begin by gathering information from the business community. Cost savings and environmental benefits could result.
Deerfield is taking its first steps this month to incorporating the inclusivity and convenience of its residential recycling program into the commercial community. While the Village now has a contract with Waste Management for picking up most of the residents’ recycling and its garbage, businesses and other non residential users are free to choose any hauler they want. Any recycling at all is an option to these corporate citizens. If everything falls into place, Deerfield could have a contract with a hauler to handle commercial recycling as well as waste removal in two years, according to Jenny Maltas, the assistant to Village Manager Kent Street. The initial phase of the process is information gathering, according to Maltas. The Village …
Jon Hall
8:36 am on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Agreed RB. This is the same bank which has been permitted in the past to get away with placing a handwritten loan rate posters on the sidewalk, daily, for months on end in the past. Obviously, haranguing Rosebud and Carsons is one standard, but U.S. Bank and the owner of the Woodfire property are something else. Meanwhile, the inability to do anything with the former Lindemann Pharmacy site … more ›