Thursday, September 29, 2011, By Bruce Rushton, Illinois Times
…Tuesday, Hy-Vee, an Iowa-based supermarket chain, filed plans for a grocery store with the Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission. The company wants to build both a grocery store and a convenience store on the parcel between Cherry Road and Outer Park Drive.
“It’s another step along the path,” said Ward 7 Ald. Joe McMenamin. “They’ve got options to purchase on properties there, and they’re moving forward. We’re talking about a grocery store that will have 300 to 400 jobs.”
Plans for a tax increment financing district on MacArthur was “clearly” an inducement, McMenamin said. Besides eliminating a vacant block on MacArthur, a Hy-Vee store would strengthen and stabilize nearby neighborhoods, McMenamin said.
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Joe McMenamin for Ward 7 