Kids at Hope Proclamation

Today is "Kids at Hope-A Pledge to Remember Day" in Hanover Park! You can read the official proclamation by clicking here.

Construction of Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Facility

Another press release to share:
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Village of Hanover Park Announces
Construction of Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Facility

The Village of Hanover Park, in conjunction with Church Street Station Properties, is pleased to announce construction of a state-of-the-art rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility in Hanover Park, Illinois. Located at 2000 Lake Street, the facility will offer 150 private and semi-private beds for area residents in need of acute rehabilitation and skilled nursing care services.

“The Claremont of Hanover Park” will feature programs designed to meet the physical and medical needs of residents requiring short-term physical, occupational and speech rehabilitation therapy, specialized memory care services for individuals challenged with Alzheimer’s or cognitive disease, an inpatient dialysis unit, private rooms and hydro therapy spas.

Opening is scheduled for Spring 2011 and will be the culmination of several years of planning and 12 months of construction. Agencies such as the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board played significant roles in assisting in the development and approvals for the new facility. Village President, Rodney Craig said, “The project provides a needed service to the community and the Village is pleased to have it as an adjunct to its economic redevelopment of the Lake Street District.”

The General Contractor is Skender Construction of Chicago. The Architect for the project is SAS Architects and Planners of Northbrook. Financing for the project is provided by the Federal Housing Authority, Private Bank of Chicago and Greystone Servicing Corp. of Warrenton, VA.

The developers for the project have a successful 30 year track record of providing high quality healthcare services for individuals in need of rehabilitation services and long-term care in the greater Chicago area. Four skilled nursing facilities operated by the developer received the 2009 Innovations in Long Term Care Quality Grant Awards from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The Claremont – Hanover Park will offer approximately 150 new jobs to local area residents.

For employment information or to be placed on a mailing list please call 630-556-2000.

Hanover Park Fire Department’s Keep the Wreath Red Program

I wanted to pass along this press release from the Village:
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Hanover Park Fire Department’s Keep the Wreath Red Program

As we approach the holiday season, the Hanover Park Fire Department would like to remind you to keep your holiday safe and happy. "Keep the Wreath Red" is a holiday fire safety program designed to increase fire safety awareness. In the event of a holiday-related fire, firefighters will replace one of the red bulbs with a white one. The goal is to keep the bulbs on that wreath red. While fire safety should be practiced every day of the year, this program is a constant reminder for citizens to use proper care when putting together their holiday displays, including lights, electrical cords, candles, Christmas trees and other decorations.
Fire safety reminders for safe holiday season include:
• Check all your illuminated decorations to make sure they are in good condition. Light strands that have frayed or cracked wires should be thrown away and replaced with UL approved devices. Outside cords should be approved for exterior uses and inside cords should not be placed under carpets or throw rugs.

• Keep live Christmas trees watered frequently. Be aware of your tree's life and when it becomes brittle, discontinue using the lights. Always turn off the lights when leaving your home.
• Use extreme caution with holiday candles and all other open flames to assure they are safe and will not set fire to nearby objects.
• Make sure your fireplace is in good working order and the chimney is free from obstructions and creosote build-up. Christmas wrappings and tree branches are not to be burned in the fireplace. Their intense and rapid burning can cause chimney fires and flames to extend out of the firebox into your home.
• As always, check your smoke detectors and make sure they are in good working order. If you did not change the batteries when you changed your clocks in October, change them now.
  

Congrats Frank!

Congratulations to Village Public Works employee Frank Dominowski on receiving his Associate Pastorial Certificate with the Open Bible Church.

Photo: Frank Dominowski with Rod and Sherry Craig

Tree Lighting Event

Each year, the Village hosts its annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. This year's event will take place Friday, December 4, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Complex located at 2121 West Lake Street. Come and enjoy entertainment and refreshments. A special guest will arrive to "flip the switch" and light up the Village welcoming in the holiday season. For additional information, please contact our Village Clerk at 630-372-4220.

Hanover Park latest to ban video gambling

From the Daily Herald
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Hanover Park latest to ban video gambling
By Kimberly Pohl | Daily Herald Staff
Published: 11/6/2009 12:03 AM

Hanover Park has joined the ranks of more than two dozen local governments in the state to ban video gambling machines in bars and restaurants.

However, the ordinance passed at Thursday night's board meeting also leaves room to revisit the issue once the Illinois Gaming Board implements policies on how to roll out more than 40,000 of the slotlike machines - a development regulators say could be a year off.

"Once the rules get in place we'll have a better understanding of what's before us," Mayor Rod Craig said.

That future debate over whether to permanently enact the ban may be one-sided.

Trustee Toni Carter said she would never entertain the idea of allowing legalized gambling in Hanover Park because, "We have enough problems, and I believe the gangs, drugs and violence would only escalate once our citizens go home broke after sitting at these machines."

Trustee Bill Cannon said he also wouldn't get on board with allowing the machines, which the Better Government Association's executive director referred to as "the crack cocaine of gaming."

"When you have to go to gambling to balance your budget, you're not doing your job by cutting waste," Cannon said.

Even if the ban is lifted once regulations are in place, Hanover Park stands to see only minimal financial gain. Village Manager Ron Moser estimates the village would receive about $44,000 annually, as only four establishments are eligible for the machines. Under the video gambling expansion law, local governments would receive 5 percent of gambling losses and the state would get 25 percent. The rest is split between the establishment owners and terminal operators.

Since Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law legalizing the machines in an effort to help fund a $31 billion capital plan, a growing number of suburbs have banned them including Buffalo Grove, Rosemont, Naperville, Bloomingdale, West Chicago, Villa Park, Libertyville, Elburn, Elmhurst, Kildeer, Mettawa, East Dundee and Wheaton. Cook, Lake and DuPage counties have also banned the machines in unincorporated areas.