St. Charles Looks to Charlestowne Mall Area's Future
Residents gathered in St. Charles City Hall on Thursday night to brainstorm ideas for the East Side mall — both with and without the retail development.
Can Charlestowne Mall be retrofitted and restored to its former glory, or should the entire site be redeveloped into something new? Those were the scenarios oresented Thursday night as about 48 people turned out to the St. Charles City Council Chambers to consider — or vision — the future of the mall area on the city’s East Side. Many ideas flowed freely during the meeting — representatives of Houseal Lavigne Associates, the city’s consultants for drawing up a citywide comprehensive plan told attendees to “think big” — yet for all the different faces and ideas floating around the room there seemed to be some common threads, particularly in terms of the types of businesses residents said should be recruited into the area. What was touted as…
josephine s.
4:06 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Holy Cow, Batman, where have you been? Listening to Robin's take on urban development? A municipality has an obligation to it's taxpaying residents to steward the use of their resources, and land is primary among them. Land use drives quality of life and economic growth. Quoting our Kane County 2040 Plan: "the most important thing that a municipality can do...is to take this responsibility (land … more ›