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Business-after-Hours Events

• Thursday, November 20 at Fannie May Candies on Halsted Street from 5 PM to 7 PM
• Tuesday, December 2 at Bella Vita on Dixie Highway from 5 PM to 7 PM.

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On Saturday and Sunday, boutiques throughout the downtown will open their doors for the official start of the holiday shopping season.  Special discounts, raffles, food and drink will be offered. Contact your favorite downtown Homewood boutique for details.  Individual store hours and discounts may vary. 

While no one likes the delays and inconveniences of road construction, please remember that these projects are planned to improve the quality of life and services offered.  The following improvements are underway:

Asphalt replacement and pavement marking on Dixie Highway and Ridge Road. The work is scheduled to be finished within one week.  Street parking will not be allowed at these locations when posted by the contractor.  Dixie Highway and Ridge Road will remain open throughout construction.  Access to local traffic and parking for all businesses off of Dixie Highway and Ridge Road will remain open at all times.  

Harwood Avenue Drainage Project Continues 
The improvements to Harwood Avenue from Klimm Avenue (just south of 183rd Street) to Birch Road continue.  Improvements consist of of new storm sewer installation, sidewalk repair, asphalt removal, sod installation and pavement marking. Access to local traffic and parking for all businesses off of Harwood Avenue will remain open at all times.

Any questions regarding these projects should be directed to the Homewood Village Engineer, Max Massi at (708) 206-3470, mmassi@homesweethomewood.com. 

Starting Friday, November 14, Homewood Police Officers will conduct Seat Belt Enforcement Zones throughout the Village. The Illinois Department of Transportation has funded a grant that allows increased enforcement of the Primary Safety Belt law. Homewood Police will be taking a zero tolerance approach to motorist and passengers that fail to buckle up. Also, children must be placed in proper safety seats.
For many non-safety belt users, and especially young people, the threat of a ticket has proven to be a greater incentive to buckle up than the threat of injury or death. The goal of Click It or Ticket is not to write tickets, but rather to save lives. The Homewood Police Department will focus on safeguarding the motoring public buy decreasing traffic fatalities and injury through voluntary compliance with Illinois safety belt and child safety seat laws. The Click it or Ticket Thanksgiving Day enforcement period runs from November 14th through November 30th.

Come create a lifetime of memories for you and your family in charming downtown Homewood. Visit the official event website for the trolley stop map and details on in-store promotionals from participating merchants.  Don't forget to adopt a tree in Irwin Park Plaza for Radiance on Ridge.  Musical trolley rides, visits with Santa, ice sculpting demonstrations and much more holiday cheer in store for Friday, December 5 from 6 PM to 9:30 PM in charming downtown Homewood.  Go to the new official site now.

If you have children in Homewood schools,  rest assured they will be prepared if ever in a real fire situation, thanks to the public education programs of the fire department. The engine company and the ambulance crew made eleven appearances at nine preschools and day care centers, in a program geared toward three to five year olds. Over 350 preschoolers practiced "Stop, Drop, and Roll", saw a firefighter in full turnout gear, and had an opportunity to ask questions about the firefighting equipment.

The fire department also visited all the schools in town: St Joseph School, Homewood Community Academy, Willow School, Churchill School, and the 5th graders at Millennium School. All Homewood third graders had the opportunity to go through the Fire Department smoke trailer and practice exiting from a smoke-filled room via a window. All Homewood 5th graders attended an assembly on simple first aid techniques.
By the end of November, over 1,900 Homewood children will have received a fire safety message from the fire department in an effort to expose the children to firefighters and fire equipment so they will be less afraid if ever involved in a real fire situation.

Answer: We have received several inquiries from residents looking to properly dispose of computers, printers, televisions, and miscellaneous electronic equipment.  We are currently interviewing companies that collect and recycle e-waste.  In April, at the "Go Green Day" event, the Village introduced its desire to connect with eco-minded residents and discover solutions together on ways to reduce waste, conserve energy, and sustain natural resources within the Village of Homewood. Eco-minded residents are encouraged to email their "green practice" suggestions to Dennis Leaks, Administrative Intern for the Village Manager's Office. 

Read about the Village's past and present green efforts in the "Home Green Homewood" spring issue of the Village Key.

The Public Works Department has begun the removal of ash trees affected by the Emerald Ash Borer. Read more.

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