Bluff City Cemetery Walk to bring back figures from Elgin’s library past for one weekend
Historical figures in Gail Borden Public Library’s past will come back to life this weekend during the Bluff City Cemetery Walk in Elgin.
All Stories
![The city of Elgin will again fund an overnight winter shelter run by One Collective, a nonprofit mission helping the homeless, at a downtown church. But there’s one major change this year. Anyone seeking to access the shelter will need show proof of residency, city officials said. “This season the shelter is being limited to persons who can show proof of residency with a state-issued identification or by those who have been verified as residents through the casework command center operated by One Collective and other social service agencies,” City Manager Rick Kozal said at the City Council meeting Wednesday […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ECN-L-elgin-01.jpg?w=118 "The city of Elgin will again fund an overnight winter shelter run by One Collective, a nonprofit mission helping the homeless, at a downtown church. But there’s one major change this year. Anyone seeking to access the shelter will need show proof of residency, city officials said. “This season the shelter is being limited to persons who can show proof of residency with a state-issued identification or by those who have been verified as residents through the casework command center operated by One Collective and other social service agencies,” City Manager Rick Kozal said at the City Council meeting Wednesday […]")
Elgin City Council set to fund emergency shelter this winter with rule that users must be a resident
The city of Elgin will again fund an overnight winter shelter run by One Collective, a nonprofit mission helping the homeless, at a downtown church. But there’s one major change...
Fiesta de Elgin fills downtown with music, dancing, food for Mexican Independence Day
The city of Elgin celebrated Mexican Independence Day with a two-day Fiesta de Elgin at Festival Park and the Gail Borden Public Library.
It’s time to mark Mexican Independence Day with fiestas in Fox Valley
The Fox Valley is home to two separate celebrations for Mexican Independence Day, La Fiesta de Elgin and Carpentersville’s Fiestapalooza.
![A zoning classification aimed at jump starting an artisan industry downtown has the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation. An artisan industry involves a business that creates and sells goods or products from the same location, Director of Community Development Marc Mylott said at Monday’s commission meeting. Under a proposed zoning amendment, there’d be two artisan industry categories based on the production process and the size of the operation, Mylott said. A Class 1 category would be for businesses using less than 5,000 square feet, he said. Examples of those businesses are artists who create fine art, sculptures, jewelers, and candy […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/02/02/SF3CHZROOJAXHFFDEOJUXBRGKQ.jpg?w=135 "A zoning classification aimed at jump starting an artisan industry downtown has the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation. An artisan industry involves a business that creates and sells goods or products from the same location, Director of Community Development Marc Mylott said at Monday’s commission meeting. Under a proposed zoning amendment, there’d be two artisan industry categories based on the production process and the size of the operation, Mylott said. A Class 1 category would be for businesses using less than 5,000 square feet, he said. Examples of those businesses are artists who create fine art, sculptures, jewelers, and candy […]")
Plan Commission gives early nod that helps bring an artisan industry to downtown Elgin
A zoning classification aimed at jump starting an artisan industry downtown has the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation. An artisan industry involves a business that creates and sells goods or...
$8M in federal funding announced to help Elgin-area, Illinois students become heavy machinery operators
The Youth Workforce Development Foundation has received nearly $8 million in funding through the federal Apprenticeships Build America program to help Elgin-area students and others in Illinois get training to...
Randall Road would expand to six lanes at Elgin’s I-90 interchange under preliminary Kane plan
A preliminary plan to ease traffic congestion and reduce crashes on Randall Road at Interstate 90 interchange in Elgin would expand the roadway to six lanes in both directions and...
Student charged with bringing gun, ammunition into Elgin High School
A 15-year-old Elgin High School student was arrested Wednesday on charges he brought a gun and ammunition into the building, coincidentally the same day a teen shot 13 people, four...
National Watch District homes, buildings to be centerpiece of this year’s Historic Elgin House Tour
The Elgin National Watch Historic District will take center stage this weekend during the Gifford Park Association’s 42nd annual Historic Elgin House Tour.
YWCA Elgin CEO retiring from her job on the same date she started 24 years ago
Julia McClendon’s first day as the YWCA Elgin’s chief executive officer was Sept. 4, 2001. Her last is Sept. 4, 2024. After more than two decades, she's retiring from the...