During an arduous four-hour-and-45-minute hearing in front of the seven-member Manteno Planning Commission — and an audience of 450 people — Gotion s rezoning application for the former Kmart warehouse property,
At last week s bi-monthly Economic Alliance of Kankakee County board meeting, the board adopted a five-paragraph resolution supporting the $2-billion Gotion development set for the long-vacant, 1.5-million-square-foot Kmart Distribution property
Prior to Monday s Manteno Village Board meeting, more than 200 residents gathered just outside the Leo Hassett Community Center to continue to voice their disapproval of the Gotion battery factory.