Finance Committee Chairman Marc Munaretto began the debate over whether to provide the developers of the McHenry County SportsPlex three more months to round up people to loan them money. Mary McCann took up the cause of those living off … Continue reading
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I did not receive this letter to Lakewood residents until this morning and, then, it did not come from village hall, but from Village Trustee Ken Santowski. It accompanied his report to constituents on village affairs and can be found … Continue reading
Lakewood Village Trustee Ken Santowski has made it a practice to send emails about his take on village affairs. His latest missive follows: Friends Neighbors and fellow residents, Unfortunately the August 10th board meeting was canceled. We only had the … Continue reading
Below is the emailed letter that Lakewood Village Trustee Ken Santowski sent concerning Tuesday’s meeting which resulted in the approval of annexation of additional property to the village, plus economic incentives to the McHenry County SportsPlex. The SportsPlex is probably … Continue reading
The Lakewood village board unanimously approved economic incentive and annexation ordinances that allow the $40 million, 165 acre McHenry County SportsPlex to proceed. The result is three happy guys, Lou Tenor, EnRico Heirman and Jack Porter, plus a plethora of … Continue reading
You will remember that when we arrived home from our East Coast trip, I discovered a flyer opposed to the Lakewood SportsPlex. A second one turned up Sunday headlined, NO TO THE LAKEWOOD SPORTSPLEX Here’s its content: DID YOU KNOW? … Continue reading
The unveiling of the the McHenry County SportsPlex details will start at Lakewood’s Red Tail Golf Course Club House at six Tuesday night. Before the night is over, I’d give odds the deal, complete with so far unrevealed “development incentives,” … Continue reading
Owners of a couple of hundred acres of land are asking to be annexed to the Village of Lakewood on Tuesday. The annexation is connected with the SportsPlex, which McHenry County’s Board has allocated millions of dollars in loan authority … Continue reading
Pete Gonigam’s First Electric Newspaper reported it first, but he didn’t have the map you see below. What you see in orange is the new area within McHenry County designated by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development as … Continue reading
Read this article on The First Electric Newspaper about the unsavory background of one of the McHenry County SportsPlex’ consultants. The publication reports SportsPlex supporters introduced “Terry Gaouette, Vice President of Administration and Business Consulting Services for H&K Sports Fields, … Continue reading
I was reading the blog of Merle Widmer, the Vice Chairman of the Peoria County Board. In writing about how local unions want construction started on a museum for which money is not in the bank, retired businessman Widmer writes, … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog showed you the letter from the Chicagoland Foreign Investment Group saying that it would raise $27 million “for construction and operation of the (McHenry County SportsPlex” sports facility complex to be constructed in McHenry County.” That … Continue reading
The December 1, 2009, letter you see below was given to McHenry County officials on January 29, 2010, according to the date stamped on it. The Chicagoland Foreign Investment Group, known for short as the EB-5 company, pledges to provide … Continue reading
Yesterday, Pete Gonigam’s First Electric Newspaper reported on what could be called a “snag” in bringing a $40 million sporting complex to the intersection of Routes 47 and 176. It “comes on the side of that group’s majority partner, McHenry … Continue reading
When I saw the envelope with Lakewood Village President Erin Smith’s name and office on it and no return address, I was surprised. Still, I live in Lakewood, I figured she might be writing the community about the SportsPlex about … Continue reading
Here’s the first of a series of article that Pete Gonigam has written for his First Electric Newspaper. It’s entitled, FEN Finds Possible Problems for Proposed SportsPlex You can read about and see the Prairie Grove maraschino cherry processing plant … Continue reading
Details from the application for a Federal Stimulus Fund-subsidized $18 million loan the award of which is controlled by the McHenry County Board was discussed yesterday. There will be a 125,000 square foot indoor facility, plus “multiple baseball, softball, soccer, … Continue reading
Headed by Lake in the Hills’ Louis Tenore, Jr., a group of investors is seeking permission to obtain $18 million in Federally-subsidized stimulus money, according to a document posted on the McHenry County Board’s web site. The proposed McHenry County … Continue reading
“State’s largest indoor sports complex set to open in Lake Barrington“ was the headline in the Daily Herald October 27, 2008. The story reported on a Lake Barrington field house that–at 175,000 square feet–would be the largest in the state. … Continue reading
After the McHenry County Board’s Finance Committee meeting, Chairman Marc Munaretto answered some questions. One of them concerned how the allocation of Federal Stimulus Bonds for McHenry County was $27.5 million, but that there were about to be $33 million … Continue reading