Eric Crump is the Founding Editor and General Manager at Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle. He covers a diverse range of topics including climate change, water management, and transportation policy, with a particular focus on mobility as a service and public transportation. Eric's work has been featured in various publications, highlighting his expertise in regional and world news as well as environmental issues.
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Your government
By: Eric Crump
Supporters reiterated their position on the need for the South Suburban Airport and demanded answers from Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation. “If not now, when?” asked Gary Dingle, president of the Far South Suburban NAACP, who said the South Suburbs have waited 30 years for work[Read More...]
By: Eric Crump
Carolyn and Dean Armstrong, owners of Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery, are retiring and selling the business.
By: Eric Crump
Many motorists who regularly use Vollmer Road between Kedzie and Western avenues have experience being forced to take detours when trucks get wedged under the viaduct bridge deck. It doesn’t happen every day, but it’s not a rare occurrence. Cook County Department of Transportation has created preliminary plans for a[Read More...]
By: Eric Crump
Homewood Board of Trustees approved two TIF-related measures, one related to possibly redeveloping the former Walmart site.
By: Eric Crump
By Eric Crump During a wild summer with widespread power outages caused by severe weather, many Homewood residents without generators lost food, endured days without air conditioning and struggled to find places to charge phones and other devices. The village is considering a program to help residents prepare for future[Read More...]
Your government
n a rare move, the Homewood Board of Trustees declined to approve two Cook County Class 8 property tax reduction requests after years of approving every request it received. The requests came from Cameron Payette, co-owner of Healthy Hounds, a pet grooming and nutrition store that recently moved from Flossmoor[Read More...]
What goes well with a Mediterranean restaurant? Homewood trustees opted for a coffee and dessert shop. At the board’s Oct. 13 meeting, trustees unanimously chose a bid for 18157 Dixie Highway, formerly Repeat Boutique, by Munir Bawadi, who offered to purchase the building for $40,000. During a bid analysis presentation[Read More...]
Traffic Calming Conversation. Homewood will host a Hot Topics session Thursday, Oct. 29, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road, on various traffic safety measures the village is exploring. Some projects village staff are expected to introduce include additional stop signs and more one-side parking in[Read More...]
