Carpentersville
Carpentersville, IL · Municipal
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The Center Square
Mayor plans to seek data center moratorium despite inaction
(The Center Square) - Mayor Mike Coffman said he will propose another data center moratorium after Aurora City Council once again failed to reconsider an earlier ban. On Monday night, when the city council considered revisiting an indefinite moratorium on data centers, council members who opposed the Oct. 26 motion to reconsider could have brought it back up for discussion. But none did, so there was no vote. Coffman said he would propose a new moratorium at the city council’s next meeting on Nov. 23. The data center moratorium is important because the city is working on implementing regulations in a study session, Coffman said. But he added those rules won't finalized until January. He described the city’s current data center regulations as “inaccurate.” If data center developers submit applications before the regulations are finalized, Coffman said they would come in “under the existing rules,” and the city could end up with another large data center like the proposed 860,000-square-foot Trident data center. Aurora is still in ongoing discussions with Vantage Data Centers, the developer of the Trident center. Numerous people on Monday spoke out in favor of the city implementing a data center moratorium during the meeting’s public comment
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Commission endorses Elks Park urban farm, data center moratorium
The city’s Land Use Commission on Wednesday night recommended two proposals for City Council approval, one for the creation of an urban farm at Elks Park in south Evanston, and another for a one-year moratorium on data centers. In 2023, local nonprofit Evanston Grows won $350,000 in participatory budgeting...
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Beyond the Flames: Koppers Fire Investigation Continues as Attorney General Pursues Separate Pollution Case
More than three months after a tank fire sent flames and black smoke above Koppers’ Stickney chemical plant, its cause remains under investigation. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) said the fire was confined to Tank 31, which held about 16,600 gallons of petroleum distillate. The tank remains out of service.
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Fox 32 Chicago
Chicago Bears stadium plan: $10B lakefront proposal pitched by developers
Developers unveiled a $10 billion Bronzeville Lakefront plan with a new domed stadium to keep the Chicago Bears in the city. The 100-acre district would include over 5,000 new housing units, hotels, a 28-acre park, and major transit upgrades. To sweeten the deal, investors offered to buy the Bears' Arlington...