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The development of Orland Park’s long-planned downtown would get a big lift from an economic development tool used throughout the south and southwest suburbs, and plans for which are being advanced by village officials. It involves creating a fresh tax increment financing district focused on what is generally referred to as the Main Street Triangle, northwest of La Grange Road and 143rd Street. The village owns seven properties spread over 9 acres, and has been working for more than two years with an Orland Park-based firm Edwards Realty, which is proposing more than 140,000 square feet of commercial and office space and a larger park in the center of the site. The development would be situated around the Ninety7Fifty on the Park apartments, University of Chicago Medicine Center for Advanced Care, a parking garage and the 143rd Street Metra station. Mike Nolan/Daily SouthtownPlans for a new tax increment financing district in Orland Park’s proposed downtown development are advancing.

A gunman’s attack on four people sleeping on the Blue Line early Monday came during a difficult week on the CTA, highlighting the challenges city and transit officials face in tackling violent crime rates that have remained persistently higher than before the pandemic. The likelihood of being a victim of violent crime on the “L” remained lower through the first six months of 2024 than highs seen in the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a Tribune analysis shows that reported transit crime has stayed stubbornly above pre-pandemic levels.

Betty Bogg remembered how excited Margaret Miller and her husband were when they landed a place to stay at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Miller, 64, and her husband had been living out of their truck when they first sought help from Connections for the Homeless, where Bogg is the CEO.

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s inaugural cohort of eight facilities technician apprentices are learning various trades to support the semiconductor giant's fabs under construction in north Phoenix.