Des Plaines eases zoning rules to permit pot shops in downtown and shopping districts
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Des Plaines Fire Department getting new $223,430 rescue truck This is the type of rescue squad vehicle the Des Plaines City Council agreed to buy this week. Courtesy of City of Des Plaines
Des Plaines firefighters, shown here at a fatal Oakton Street blaze this year, soon will have a new rescue squad. The city council approved the $223,430 purchase Monday. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Updated 6/9/2021 8:42 PM
The Des Plaines Fire Department soon will have a new rescue squad in its fleet but not everyone in town is happy about it.
The city council on Monday approved the $223,430 purchase from a western Illinois manufacturer called Alexis Fire Equipment. The squad will be custom built and delivered to the city in eight to 11 months, Des Plaines spokeswoman Jennie Vana said.
Former factory to be razed in Des Plaines, making way for apartment building
Demolition of the former Pacific Coast Feather Company building in Des Plaines is set to begin next week. Developers are proposing a five-story apartment building with 348 units on the property, as well as a 2,000-square-foot commercial building. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer, 2020
Updated 5/26/2021 10:28 PM
Demolition of a former bedding company factory in Des Plaines is set to begin next week, making way for a proposed apartment building and a smaller commercial building.
Both Des Plaines and Cook County have granted demolition permits for the roughly 107,000-square-foot building at 414 E. Golf Road that once was home to a facility for Florida-based Pacific Coast Feather Co., Des Plaines spokeswoman Jennie Vana said.