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Normal Mayor Chris Koos would like to see the community develop guidelines for a shovel-ready industrial park, something the Economic Development Council has begun to talk about. But during a WGLT interview on Sound Ideas, he shied away from specifying what the town should provide to make it happen.
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The mayor of Normal supports offering economic development incentives for the Trail East and West projects. The town is negotiating a development agreement with Cedar Falls, Iowa-based Eagle View Partners.
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Normal Mayor Chris Koos, speaking Thursday on WGLT’s Sound Ideas, urged people to get vaccinated, boosted, and to “take care of the basics” of protection from the coronavirus as COVID-19 cases, positivity rates, and hospitalizations set McLean County records.
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The Town of Normal is poised to move ahead in the next budget year with the long-debated underpass project in Uptown Normal. The project first came up 12 years ago and it will be another two or three years before it's done.
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Normal Public Works Director Wayne Aldrich said there is still a long complex road ahead before an underpass could connect Uptown and Uptown South.During…
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If the past is prologue, there is disagreement on what the past means for Uptown Normal.A recent report on the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district in…
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Construction is scheduled to begin this fall on the $30 million mixed-use building that will rise on the northeast arc of Uptown circle. It is known as…
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An analysis of the tax increment financing (TIF) district in Uptown Normal indicates the effort to spark development in the city center begun in 1999 has…
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The Town of Normal has 30 days to designate three properties at the Trail East project site as historic or continue with already approved demolition…
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One Normal Town Council candidate said he is looking forward to future development projects in Normal, including an updated library. Dave Shields is one…