Gloria Casas

1 day ago | chicagotribune.com | Gloria Casas

East Dundee doesn’t have a golf course, but it may become a golf cart community. The East Dundee Village Board has directed staff to draft an ordinance that would allow golf carts to be driven on village streets. It could be ready for a vote in mid-June to go into effect July 1. Newly elected Village President Dan Pearson proposed the idea. “It’s just trying to get our neighbors out and be more of an active community,” Pearson said at the Monday night board meeting.

3 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Gloria Casas

The Elgin Pride Parade & Festival returns for a third year with plans to be bigger, louder and prouder than ever before, organizers say. Events start at 11 a.m. Saturday with the parade in downtown Elgin followed by a party in Festival Park, both organized by ELGbtq+ and the city of Elgin. They’ve added another 10 units to the parade lineup, bringing the total to 60, when it steps off at Prairie Street and Grove Avenue, according to Travis Hooker, president of the ELGbtq+ Board.

4 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Gloria Casas

An abandoned mobile home subdivision in Elgin will become the headquarters for the Illinois Youth Soccer Association under plans submitted to the city. Midwest Sports Center received the Elgin Planning and Zoning Commission’s endorsement for a proposal that calls for a 17,661-square-foot building and a 78-foot-tall, 118,000-square-foot dome covering one of two soccer fields. Located at 909 S.

4 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Gloria Casas

A proposal to build a Hindi temple complex and residential development will go to the Elgin City Council without the endorsement of the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Gloria Casas

The city of Elgin has been awarded a $3 million state grant to build an underpass along the Fox River Trail below the Kimball Street bridge. Gov. JB Pritzker announced $139.2 million is being awarded to 66 projects across the state, including the Fox River Trail underpass, through the Illinois Department of Transportation Enhancement Program.