Mount Prospect goes back to the drawing board for Block 56 redevelopment More than a year after revealing plans to build this 250-unit luxury apartment building on the Block 56 site in downtown Mount Prospect, Greystar Real Estate Advisors has dropped out of the project, village officials say. Now the village is looking for another firm to develop the former police and fire headquarters that sits on the site. Courtesy of Mount Prospect The former Mount Prospect police and fire headquarters is the centerpiece of a downtown parcel known as Block 56. Village officials are seeking proposals to redevelop the site. Daily Herald File Photo, 2014
Deal between 3 towns would dissolve Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District
Updated 4/12/2021 6:30 PM
The tiny Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District would be dissolved and its responsibilities taken over by the Mount Prospect, Elk Grove Village and Des Plaines fire departments, under a proposal the three municipalities are considering.
The plan calls for a shared services partnership between the three communities and a November 2022 referendum to formally authorize the fire district s dissolution.
Mount Prospect, Elk Grove and Des Plaines would create a taxing district known as special service area to provide $1 million in initial funding. The money would be divided by the three communities based on expected call volumes to be handled by each.
Schaumburg Convention Center preparing for mass vaccination
Check-in computers await the 6,000 visitors expected at the Schaumburg Convention Center for a one-day mass vaccination event Wednesday. John Starks | Staff Photographer
More than 300 chairs await people at the Schaumburg Convention Center, which will host a mass vaccination site Wednesday. It s expected that more than 6,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses will be administered during the one-day event. John Starks | Staff Photographer
Dozens of vaccination stations have been set up inside the Schaumburg Convention Center for a one-day mass vaccination event taking place Wednesday. More than 6,000 doses are expected to be given. John Starks | Staff Photographer
River Trails District 26 students returning full time in April
Students in River Trails Elementary District 26 will return to classes full time in April, under a plan approved by the Mount Prospect-based district s board of education Tuesday. Christopher Placek | Staff Photographer, 2019
Updated 3/17/2021 11:50 AM
Students in River Trails School District 26 will return to school for full-time, in-person learning next month, under a plan approved by the district s board of education Tuesday.
The plan calls for students at Indian Grove and Euclid elementary schools to be back in class April 12, while those at River Trails Middle School will return April 19. It s a change from the district s previous hybrid plan, which allowed students to attend in person for half the day while working from home the other half.
March Madness
Ready for the NCAA basketball tournament? So are some suburban restaurants, with COVID-19 protocols in place, of course. Here are some specials you might want to consider.
Bub City Rosemont: Parkway Bank Park, 5441 Park Place, Rosemont, (847) 261-0399, bub-city.com/rosemont/. Catch the tournament games on Bub City s 30 TVs while chowing down on Texas hot link trucker snacks, fried pickles, hickory-smoked chicken wings, tavern pizza and more. Wash it down with a craft beer or $6 shots of Jack Daniels Apple and Jim Beam Fire. Staying home? Delivery and carryout is also available.
City Works and Old Town Pour House: 1850 E. Golf Road, Schaumburg, (847) 584-2500, and 929 N. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills, (847) 984-3571, cityworksrestaurant.com/, and 1703 Freedom Drive, Naperville, (630) 448-6020, and 8 Oak Brook Center, Oak Brook, (630) 601-1440, oldtownpourhouse.com/. Catch all of the games on the dedicated HDTV wall now through April 5 while sipping beer and munchin