Homewood Officials Update Community On Country Club Plans

HOMEWOOD, IL — Homewood officials will be updating the public on the village's next steps in handling the proposed Calumet Country Club redevelopment project.

In July, village leaders vowed o fight plans by an Arizona developer to annex the 130-acre Calumet Country Club golf course to Hazel Crest and replace it with a 1-million-square-foot industrial park.

"We want to stop this in a heartbeat," said Trustee Larry Burnson said in the first meeting held to discuss plans with the public in July.

Diversified Partners notified the village last month that it intends to sue to disconnect the property from Homewood, and indicated it would be looking to annex it into neighboring Hazel Crest. About 116 acres of the site sits in Homewood, with the remainder in Hazel Crest. The former country club land is located at the northwest corner of Dixie Highway and 175th Street.

The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., Wed., Sept.4, in the H-F Auditorium at 2010 Chestnut Road located next to the Village Hall.

A spokesperson for the village said the meeting will not be broadcast live, but a recording of the meeting will be posted Friday, Sept. 6, on the village's website.

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