Village Roundup: From Block Grants to the Goodwill Store

The following decisions were made by the Woodridge village board last Thursday.

BLOCK GRANTS: The village board voted to apply for Community Development Block Grant funds for two projects. The first will seek $196,927 for a project estimated at $262,570 to resurface four streets in the Janes Avenue Neighborhood Strategy Area. The second application will seek $24,000 for youth programs at the Woodridge Community Resource Center.

GOODWILL STORE: The board approved a zoning amendment allowing Goodwill Industries of SEW, Inc., to build a 19,000-square-foot Goodwill Retail Store and Donation Center at the northeast corner of Woodward Avenue and Boughton Road. The amendment allows for the addition of a truck door to the rear of the proposed building and a drive through for donation drop-offs adjacent to the store. 

CONSTITUTION WEEK: Mayor William F. Murphy proclaimed Sept. 17 through Sept. 23 Constitution Week to urge "all citizens to reflect during that week on the many benefits of our Federal Constitution and the privileges and responsibilities of American citizenship."

LIQUOR LICENSE WAIVER: The board approved a liquor license fee waiver for St. Scholastica for its Parish Picnic on Sept. 19 at Castaldo Park.

KLING WANTS WATER: The Kling Corporation would like to connect its properties along Frontage Road in Bolingbrook to the Illinois American water and sewer system. The board approved a motion to authorize a water and sewer service agreement between the Village of Woodridge and the Kling Corporation that will direct Illinois American, the utility provider, to allow Kling Corporation to connect its properties to the system.