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Bolingbrook Church

Thursday, February 7, 2013

UPDATED: Bolingbrook Church One Step Closer to Moving into Former Walgreens

The village of Bolingbrook plan commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a special use permit for Ultimate Faith Christian Center to turn the former Walgreens into a church.

Updated, March 5  The Bolingbrook village board voted unanimously Feb. 26 to allow Ultimate Faith to move to the Janes Avenue location.  ------ The village of Bolingbrook Plan Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a special use permit for Ultimate Faith Christian Center in Bolingbrook to move into a former Walgreens on the border of Woodridge and Bolingbrook.  Sign up for our free, daily e-newsletter.  Like Bolingbrook Patch on Facebook.  The vote followed nearly two hours of testimony during a public hearing. The special use permit still needs to be approved by the Bolingbrook village board before Ultimate Faith can take control of the space.   Plans for the new Ultimate Faith Christian Center include a worship space with 241 …

Woodridge Resident

8:48 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013

As a resident who lives in the neighborhood directly behind this building, I welcome this. To clarify, I am not a member of this congregation or any other. I am merely a resident of the neighborhood, exactly 1 block away south of 83rd st.   more ›

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Bolingbrook Church Pastor: 'We're Not a Threat to Anyone'

The pastor and founder of Ultimate Faith Christian Center in Bolingbrook addresses concerns his church would invite "drug addicts, ex-cons and the homeless" to the community.

Ultimate Faith Christian Center in Bolingbrook hopes to move to a larger space to better suit its growing congregation.  The center, which currently operates out of a storefront along W. Boughton Rd. near Tailgater's, looks to move to a vacated Walgreens property at the corner of Janes Avenue and 83rd Street. The Bolingbrook plan commission will vote to approve or reject the move at a meeting Wednesday.  The move has raised the ire of some Woodridge Patch readers, who fear the church's move will bring "drug addicts, ex-cons and the homeless" to their neighborhood. In specific, readers raised concern about community safety and the proximity of "drug addicts and ex-cons" to Woodridge's Cypress Cove Family Aquatic Park. Readers point to …

jake

6:06 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

yes we did come in and why if everyone doesnt want you in the area why would u move in jw   more ›

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