Carpentersville Mayor John Skillman was one of five speakers Tuesday at the Northern Illinois Chamber of Commerce’s Mayors’ Breakfast held at The BRIX on the Fox in Carpentersville. | Gloria Casas/The Courier-News
By Gloria Casas | For the Naperville Sun
A new 270-unit residential subdivision on Randall Road, a new kayak kiosk on the Fox River and a blank slate for Spring Hill Mall site development are among the projects on the horizon for Carpentersville, East Dundee and West Dundee in the coming year.
The mayors or representatives of all three towns, joined by those in Gilberts and Sleepy Hollow, spoke Tuesday morning at the annual Northern Illinois Kane County Chamber of Commerce’s Mayors’ Breakfast at The BRIX on the Fox in Carpentersville.
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Mayor John Skillman said one of the biggest initiatives on the horizon for his town is the new 17-building residential development being built off Randall Road north of the former Dominick’s grocery store.
“We’ve been talking about this for a few years,” he said. “This plan is part of the TIF (Tax Increment Finance) district, which was created last year (and) includes another 158 acres mostly on the western side of Huntley Road,” Skillman said.
Skillman also spoke about Habitat for Humanity’s Carter Crossing, 28 single-family homes off Kings Road, which is moving forward, and the upscale housing development planned for Huntley Road and Route 31, the developers of which have put up a fence in advance of construction starting.
“We’re excited about that,” he said.
Carpentersville is also working on a 22,000-square-foot expansion to the village hall and the police department, he said.
“It’s a long time coming,” Skillman said. “We needed a new village hall. The police department we’ve outgrown so we’re ready for that. It’s a big project for us.”
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