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The extension of a water main to serve Vollmer Road has encouraged plans in the area. ''We are doing as all communities are, attempting to increase our tax base.''

''We are encouraging and hope to be able to develop the entire South Triangle,'' Glassford said. The area is bounded by Vollmer Road on the south, Kedzie Avenue on the east and Governor`s Highway on the west. A handful of boutiques and specialty shops are housed there.Īs the growth in Olympia Fields has spilled into Flossmoor, the so-called South Triangle is being developed as a combination of retail space, small offices and multifamily residences. The shopping district was expanded in 1971 when the former train depot was converted into retail space. Other businesses in the downtown area include a drugstore, a greeting card shop, a travel agent and a grocery.

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In the evening there are specials prepared daily for take-out or eating in the storefront cafe area.Ī 40-year-old ban on liquor in the downtown area was lifted last year in a referendum, and Fresh Starts has applied for a license to serve and sell wine.

each weekday, selling fresh coffee, scones and muffins. To serve the commuters, the shop opens at 7 a.m. More than half of McInerney`s business is in corporate catering and supplying wholesale baked goods to restaurants and hotels. ''There`s an educated population, ready to try new things, and the South Side has really been sorely neglected in terms of some of the new businesses you can find on the North Side,'' she said. When owner Jeanne McInerney began looking for a new, larger location for her Wrigleyville business, she says, she immediately thought of a south suburban location. It offers imported coffee, fresh baked goods, a deli counter and a catering service. The shop took over a 6,000-square-foot space that had been home to a furniture store for many years. Area businesses concentrate on convenience and service targeted to train commuters.įresh Starts gourmet foods opened a little more than a year ago at 1040 Sterling Dr. With the library, post office and village offices nearby, the area has evolved into a full-service town center. The block-long row of adjoining shops, which dates to 1927, continues to be the downtown`s centerpiece. Originally, a small business district sprang up along Sterling Drive across the street from the commuter train station. Of the village`s $7.3 million budget for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1988, only $130,000 comes from sales taxes. The business district has devel-oped primarily to serve the neighborhood`s residents.

The new homes will bring the total units to 136 units. Additional town houses are being built at Baythorne, originally a 42-unit development built in 1974 at Flossmoor Road and Governor`s Highway. More moderately priced residences are also being built. ''And in the newer areas people are moving up from Homewood or Park Forest into their dream house.'' ''In the older areas the large, deep lots create a feeling of elegance from another time,'' Ekman said. The approximately 300 homes already in the subdivision had been built gradually since 1960, and the final phase was delayed until there was renewed demand. Twenty-seven half- acre lots priced from $28,000 to $40,000 were offered early last year and sold out in a few months construction of custom single-family homes selling for $175,000 to $300,000 began in the summer. The strong demand for the limited stock of single-family homes has created a brisk market.Įspecially ''hot'' is the final phase of development in the 120-acre Heather Hill subdivision on the southwest side of town, says Sue Ekman, office manager with Century 21 Dabbs and Associates in Flossmoor.

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A recent period of lower mortgage rates and a desire for good schools and a quiet atmosphere also have attracted younger professional families. Many of the families that moved to Flossmoor in the `50s and `60s have stayed. The homes, which originally attracted executives from companies in nearby Calumet City and along the Calumet-Sag Channel, were built in the style of Georgian manors and are on spacious lots. Though 50- to 60-year-old homes can be found in the town`s older sections, most of the housing was built in the late 1940s and `50s.