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Aurora’s Parking Lot E renovation completed

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Along with the holiday light displays that illuminate downtown Aurora at night, bold backlit parking signs brighten the entrances to the newly-reconstructed Parking Lot E, just east of Broadway between New York Street and Galena Boulevard. After a two-month renovation project, the parking lot was put back online recently with...

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Oswego traffic congestion expected

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Oswego Police Department reminds the public to expect increased traffic congestion and delays in Oswego Friday, Dec. 6 due to the Christmas Walk activities. Motorists should expect delays in particular when travelling on U.S. Route 34 through the downtown area between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.. Delays on Madison Street...

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Members of the Fox Valley Developers give a prayer of thanks on the first floor of Aurora City Hall after the Aurora City Council approves a $9 Million Redevelopment Agreement For The Adaptive Reuse of The Former Copley Hospital Campus November 12, 2019
Members of the Fox Valley Developers say a prayer of thanks on the first floor of Aurora City Hall Tuesday after the Aurora City Council approves a $9 Million redevelopment agreement for the adaptive reuse of the former Copley Hospital Campus. Jason Crane/The Voice
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Historic Agreement Paves Way For New Direction Of Abandoned Copley Hospital Campus

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After sitting vacant for nearly a quarter of a century, the landmark former Copley Hospital campus in Aurora is about to undergo a $110 million renovation and be repurposed into an innovative living community, which would combine a variety of uses following the city of Aurora government’s approval Tuesday, Nov....

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Naperville seeks public feedback on sewer system

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The city government of Naperville is seeking public feedback on a plan that gives details to the management and operation of Naperville’s sanitary sewer system. Public comment will be accepted through December 15. The City’s Capacity, Management, Operations and Maintenance (CMOM) plan is a full study of the Naperville’s sanitary...

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Interstate 80 public hearings is set November 6 and 7

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The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be host to two public hearings in Joliet to share details on proposed improvements to Interstate 80, a cornerstone project in governor JB Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois capital program that will invest $33.2 Billion in transportation infrastructure across all modes throughout the State. “The...

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Naperville meeting on 248th Avenue improvements

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The public is invited to an open house-style informational meeting about potential improvements to 248th Avenue, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in Meeting Room A/B of the 95th Street Library, 3015 Cedar Glade Road. The purpose of the meeting is to present existing conditions in the...

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Naperville’s Transportation, Engineering and Development Business (TED) seeks input

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The city government of Naperville’s Transportation, Engineering and Development Business (TED) Group will have a second public input session from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 to share updated designs for the first phase of the Downtown Streetscape Project improvements. The public input session is open to the...

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Aurora’s Keystone Building Lofts: ‘Breathing new life’

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Urban Equity Properties held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark construction of the Keystone Building Lofts, an $11 Million, multi-unit redevelopment of the historic Keystone Building at 30 S. Stolp Avenue in downtown Aurora. “We are taking yet another building in Aurora and breathing new life into it,” said Aurora mayor...

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Non-profit GivePower brings water to residents in Africa, Asia

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First of two parts Clean water often has been referred to as “Blue Gold” and it certainly deserves such a title. Business Insider included the following article written by Morgan McFall-Johnsen. “A new solar-powered device turns salt water into fresh drinking water. “GivePower, the nonprofit behind the technology, is debuting...

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Masonic Temple building demolition begins

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The demolition process of the near century-old historic former Masonic Temple in Aurora began Friday. The city government of Aurora has contracted with Alpine Demolition of St. Charles and Aurora to complete the full removal of the building and restoration of the site and rights of way. Destroyed by a...

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Fire in Aurora at Masonic Temple, corner of Benton Street and Lincoln Avenue

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Aurora Firefighters appear to let a fire burn under control at the old and abandoned Masonic Temple at the corner of Benton Street and Lincoln Avenue on the City’s near East Side. The call came in just before 10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7. No injuries or fatalities were reported in...

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Fox Metro WRD presentation Friday Sept. 27 on improvements

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Fox Metro WRD will present the Greenfest Last Stop Friday, Sept. 27. Just like the water used in your home reaches its last stop for treatment at Fox Metro, this event will be the last stop before Greenfest on the following day at the Prisco Center in Aurora. Please join...

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North Aurora Library lots to improve

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The Messenger Public Library, 113 Oak Street, North Aurora, will need to be closed entirely for two consecutive days Monday, Sept. 16 and Tuesday, Sept. 17 because the entrance driveway and parking lots will be resurfaced in their entirety. The north emergency driveway will be regraded and redone with new...

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Naperville Streetscape Project seeks input

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The city government of Naperville’s Transportation, Engineering and Development Business (TED) Group will present two public input sessions Wednesday, Sept. 4 to share preliminary designs for the first phase of the Downtown Streetscape Project improvements. A morning session will take place from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and an evening...

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City government seeks input in Aurora for Consolidate Plan

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The city government of Aurora is seeking public input to complete its 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan. Each year, Aurora receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. CDBG and HOME funds are intended to create viable communities...

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Construction changes on West Galena Boulevard in Aurora

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Construction on West Galena Boulevard in Aurora will have an impact on eastbound traffic flow for the next three months. Crews will rehabilitate and replace the water main on West Galena Boulevard between Orchard Road and Edgelawn Drive on the West Side. As a result, eastbound traffic is reduced to...

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Rural, urban: Seeking a way to boost our Midwest

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By Jim Nowlan Many rural Midwest towns have become similar to my stereotype of Appalachia, main streets of mostly empty storefronts; lots of unskilled folks left behind, yearning for jobs on the line that are gone forever; too many single mothers struggling to make it on low-wage work, or welfare,...

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