Folks who visit Richmond consider it a spot to buy antiques. Days gone by are ending. A rash of store closings previously couple of months heralded a whole new reality to the village. With the arrival of eBay the offline antique business has fallen on crisis. Richmond village officials now have to get and court other types of businesses to fill the slots left vacant through the antique stores that Richmond depended on to for countless years.
Judy's Java and Books closed late last year. Jacquelyn Faire & Co. and begin to forget Me Not's at the moment are closed. Police headquarters Gifts closed in February. But new business organisations are arriving to fill vacancies. Tranquil-A-Tea opened on Broadway last fall. A martini bar and lounge is anticipated to open come early july when the owner can purchase permission on the zoning board. It sports a European Kitchen serving cold sandwiches.
The downtown part of Richmond needs significant improvements. A hostile Economic Development Committee (EDC) is staffed by Barb Gallegos, Jeannine Nagel, Bryce Klontz, Trustee Cindy Walleck, and Village President Lauri Olson. EDC contains the full support of Olson and Village Manager Tim Savage who're anxious to take the village returning to financial health.
"There may be definitely a sense optimism rising," said Gallegos. "A dressmaker boutique will go inside the Forget Me Not store. An inside designer requires over another empty store soon. There is a car alarm company going through the vacant store within the southwest corner of 173 and 12. We must come up with a keep in mind that the organization owners are the village's customers. Needed easy rules to follow once they go to us for direction. The individual you'll want to speak to is Cindy Walleck. She actually is highly involved in the EDC and promoting the village's revival."
Village Trustee Walleck could not be reached soon enough for publication.
Heidner Properties, the developer, will open the already built mini-mall for the northwest corner of Routes 12 & 31 in the future. The mall is defined to setup five new stores. Each store will have1,000 square centimeter of interior space. Real Estate agent Sonny Katzenberg who assisted in the sale in the property said, "We all know without a doubt that Subway is invested in rent on the list of units. Other businesses studying the property have an soft serve ice cream shop, a doughnut shop, a coffeehouse, a Chinese restaurant as well as a foreign exchange."
Katzenberg handled the sale of some other lot around the west side of route 12 across from Van's Supermarket. As outlined by Katzenberg the mini-mall owner, Mac Patel, will operate a filling station named Richmond Petroleum. He can also construct an auto wash facility along with a 3,600 sq . ft . state-of-the-art convenience store in a very building that could house two more small enterprises Katzenberg want to listen to people who might be considering putting stores in the malls. The guy can be reached at 815-678-4131.
East on Route 173 from the golf course area, the village is negotiating with owner Chris Khayat who want to create a complex that will add a small hotel, mini-mall, banquet hall, wine store as well as a housing development with 240 town homes. The current course could well be pared down to nine holes.
Jamino's Pizza, the full service restaurant, will be opening soon on Route 12 close to the middle school. Effort is swiftly arriving at completion within the building. The EDC is anxious to perform a walking trail that would connect the downtown area to places in Richmond. Discussion is under strategy to implement a TIF funding mechanism that might pull tax increases from the defined area into your village resources. This money could well be helpful to improve area within the TIF boundary. However, one more outcome remains you want until more studies completed.
The village board is on the verge of settling the lawsuit with developer Peter Bell. Village Attorney David McArdle stated that he was tweaking the papers for any settlement and this there would probably be few others obstacles. Moreover, the newest wastewater treatment facility could possibly be completed prior to the year ends.
Change, as usual, brings doubt and criticism. Don't assume all village officials take board while using new developments. Trustee Charles Schultz seriously isn't a fan of more housing on the greens. "The impact of yet another large housing development is not necessarily perfect for the village," said Schultz. " Precisely houses to businesses is already lopsided. The impact fees are not equipped close to make payment on real price of houses on our community." About the links course Schultz said, "After we had public meetings a few years ago individuals indicated they desired to maintain golf course in tact. I will be for publishing the winery using a reworked world of golf. This may assist in paying for your affect the schools in the other developments. I have to see Richmond's economy leaning toward tourism and this would keep Richmond as a destination for visitors. Also i recommend the village needs a mix of stores that sell both services and products."
For a recent committee meeting Trustee Dan Deters expressed his dissatisfaction using the volume of links course homes proposed by Khayat. Deters is anxious in regards to the impact of development for the Nippersink creek, a Class A stream. He believes that maintaining good conservation techniques is able to assist the economy of the village sometime soon by attracting visitors who definitely are buying a "country" atmosphere. Deters said he is not against some development about the course property but he wishes to begin to see the course stay keep its current 18 holes. "I'd not drive anywhere to try out nine holes," said Deters.
Olson is within office for starters full year as of April 2006. She inherited a village embroiled in a very major lawsuit concerning the sewer project and she or he engaged in heated debates using the village's primary housing developer.
Right at the end of 2005 a lot of people were referring to Richmond like a "ghost town" within the wake of countless closed antique stores and little prospect for brand spanking new commercial ventures. However, in a few months prospects for the village are brightening. Olson is studying hard and learning quickly.
Judy's Java and Books closed late last year. Jacquelyn Faire & Co. and begin to forget Me Not's at the moment are closed. Police headquarters Gifts closed in February. But new business organisations are arriving to fill vacancies. Tranquil-A-Tea opened on Broadway last fall. A martini bar and lounge is anticipated to open come early july when the owner can purchase permission on the zoning board. It sports a European Kitchen serving cold sandwiches.
The downtown part of Richmond needs significant improvements. A hostile Economic Development Committee (EDC) is staffed by Barb Gallegos, Jeannine Nagel, Bryce Klontz, Trustee Cindy Walleck, and Village President Lauri Olson. EDC contains the full support of Olson and Village Manager Tim Savage who're anxious to take the village returning to financial health.
"There may be definitely a sense optimism rising," said Gallegos. "A dressmaker boutique will go inside the Forget Me Not store. An inside designer requires over another empty store soon. There is a car alarm company going through the vacant store within the southwest corner of 173 and 12. We must come up with a keep in mind that the organization owners are the village's customers. Needed easy rules to follow once they go to us for direction. The individual you'll want to speak to is Cindy Walleck. She actually is highly involved in the EDC and promoting the village's revival."
Village Trustee Walleck could not be reached soon enough for publication.
Heidner Properties, the developer, will open the already built mini-mall for the northwest corner of Routes 12 & 31 in the future. The mall is defined to setup five new stores. Each store will have1,000 square centimeter of interior space. Real Estate agent Sonny Katzenberg who assisted in the sale in the property said, "We all know without a doubt that Subway is invested in rent on the list of units. Other businesses studying the property have an soft serve ice cream shop, a doughnut shop, a coffeehouse, a Chinese restaurant as well as a foreign exchange."
Katzenberg handled the sale of some other lot around the west side of route 12 across from Van's Supermarket. As outlined by Katzenberg the mini-mall owner, Mac Patel, will operate a filling station named Richmond Petroleum. He can also construct an auto wash facility along with a 3,600 sq . ft . state-of-the-art convenience store in a very building that could house two more small enterprises Katzenberg want to listen to people who might be considering putting stores in the malls. The guy can be reached at 815-678-4131.
East on Route 173 from the golf course area, the village is negotiating with owner Chris Khayat who want to create a complex that will add a small hotel, mini-mall, banquet hall, wine store as well as a housing development with 240 town homes. The current course could well be pared down to nine holes.
Jamino's Pizza, the full service restaurant, will be opening soon on Route 12 close to the middle school. Effort is swiftly arriving at completion within the building. The EDC is anxious to perform a walking trail that would connect the downtown area to places in Richmond. Discussion is under strategy to implement a TIF funding mechanism that might pull tax increases from the defined area into your village resources. This money could well be helpful to improve area within the TIF boundary. However, one more outcome remains you want until more studies completed.
The village board is on the verge of settling the lawsuit with developer Peter Bell. Village Attorney David McArdle stated that he was tweaking the papers for any settlement and this there would probably be few others obstacles. Moreover, the newest wastewater treatment facility could possibly be completed prior to the year ends.
Change, as usual, brings doubt and criticism. Don't assume all village officials take board while using new developments. Trustee Charles Schultz seriously isn't a fan of more housing on the greens. "The impact of yet another large housing development is not necessarily perfect for the village," said Schultz. " Precisely houses to businesses is already lopsided. The impact fees are not equipped close to make payment on real price of houses on our community." About the links course Schultz said, "After we had public meetings a few years ago individuals indicated they desired to maintain golf course in tact. I will be for publishing the winery using a reworked world of golf. This may assist in paying for your affect the schools in the other developments. I have to see Richmond's economy leaning toward tourism and this would keep Richmond as a destination for visitors. Also i recommend the village needs a mix of stores that sell both services and products."
For a recent committee meeting Trustee Dan Deters expressed his dissatisfaction using the volume of links course homes proposed by Khayat. Deters is anxious in regards to the impact of development for the Nippersink creek, a Class A stream. He believes that maintaining good conservation techniques is able to assist the economy of the village sometime soon by attracting visitors who definitely are buying a "country" atmosphere. Deters said he is not against some development about the course property but he wishes to begin to see the course stay keep its current 18 holes. "I'd not drive anywhere to try out nine holes," said Deters.
Olson is within office for starters full year as of April 2006. She inherited a village embroiled in a very major lawsuit concerning the sewer project and she or he engaged in heated debates using the village's primary housing developer.
Right at the end of 2005 a lot of people were referring to Richmond like a "ghost town" within the wake of countless closed antique stores and little prospect for brand spanking new commercial ventures. However, in a few months prospects for the village are brightening. Olson is studying hard and learning quickly.
