Vol. VI No. 29 Bellwood to build more homes PAGE 2
2 manufacturing proposals in Proviso — 1 enters, 1 exits
JULY 20, 2022 New Hillside police chief sworn in PAGE 2
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Proposal to build light manufacturing in Hillside heats up while proposal to build complex at Westchester’s old St. Joe’s high school dead in the water By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
A plan to build a light manufacturing and warehouse complex on 13 acres of land in Hillside is heating up just as a developer’s plan to build a light manufacturing complex in nearby Westchester has fizzled. Representatives with Newcastle Partners, LP, which owns the massive site located just west of CarMax at 101 N. Wolf Rd. in Hillside, briefed Hillside’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) about the proposal at a meeting on June 14. Newcastle has partnered with developer Panattoni Developments Company, Inc. on the project, which would include the construction of a “single or multi-tenant user facility for e-commerce, light manufacturing, light assembly, warehouse and distribution uses,” according to ZBA agenda. Cushman and Wakefield, the commercial real estate firm, is helping to market the site, which has been dubbed Wolf Point 290 for its close proximity to the expressway. According to marketing materials available online, over 15,000 vehicles pass the site each See PROPOSALS on page 5
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ShowerUp, a team effort, helps the homeless ShowerUp trailer with three shower stalls outside Forest Park Blue Line station in June, thanks to village, Loyola Street Medicine, others By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
Taking a shower in the morning is something most of us take for granted, but for homeless people living on the street, it is a luxury.
On June 30, a 20-foot ShowerUp trailer with three shower stalls, air conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter, was spotted in the parking lot owned by the village of Forest Park, just north of the Blue Line station. Sergio Ortiz, operations manager for ShowerUp Chicago, reported that 12 homeless people took advantage of the service that first night and his 501c3 nonprofit has provided 800 showers during the past year at various sites in the Chicago area. “The Loyola Street Medicine team,” Dr. Theresa Nguyen, co-director of Loyola Street Medicine explained, “has been
working closely with Maywood-based nonprofit Housing Forward and The Night Ministry over the last few years at the Blue Line station to help provide medical and social outreach to the homeless population.” Working together, the three organizations provide medication refills, evaluation of recent injuries, dressing changes for chronic wounds, blood pressure and blood sugar checks. The Night Ministry provides social workers that help with getting IDs and insurance. They also provide outreach workers to provide food, clothing, and harm-reduction supplies, See SHOWER UP on page 8