The McHenry City Council on Monday night signed off on purchasing the building and property at 1219 Green Street for future downtown project, and funds for additional remediation in the area.
A Geneva developer and preservation advocates are on opposite sides of a debate concerning the remains of a limestone structure at 4 E. State St. on the northern edge of the former Mill Race Inn property overlooking the Fox River in Geneva.
For years, the homeowners near Tanna Farms and Mill Creek golf courses near Geneva enjoyed the prairie grass and wildflowers that grew on the edges of the golf courses and bloomed behind their backyards. But there was a shock this summer: A mower came through and chopped everything down on July 11.
Whatever is proposed next to be built at Washington Avenue and Wilson Street in Batavia s downtown, aldermen think it should be smaller, and blend in more with existing buildings.