Homewood trustees on Tuesday night approved matching funds to pay for part of a major overhaul of a former gas station at a key intersection in the village.
Using funding from a special taxing district, property owner Pete Guglielmi plans to renovate the run-down station that has been vacant for more than two years at the northeast corner of 183rd Street and Harwood Avenue. The new business will be a Mobil gas station with a convenience store.
The village board approved $47,328 – half of what Guglielmi will need for such improvements as landscaping, roof repair, security cameras, facade renovation and heating, air conditioning and electricity.
Trustees also gave preliminary approval for a sidewalk, exterior painting, walk-in coolers and an ice machine at the businesses. Guglielmi can come back for final approval when he has bids on those items.
The total amount approved for the village’s portion of the project was $70,500.
Guglielmi seemed relieved that the project was finally moving forward.
“It’ll be clean, neat and perky when we finish with the project,” he told the board.
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