RIVERSIDE-BROOKFIELD $1.00
Vol. 39, No. 35
Also serving North Riverside
August 28, 2024
A new class of liquor license for Brookfield Zoo PAGE 6
Eats Guide INSIDE
Riverside earmarks property taxes for street repairs PAGE 12
Riverside opts to build a new police and fire facility
Parkway performers PHOTOS BY TODD BANNOR BANNOR, PAGE 8
With a $20M budget, trustees direct architects to demolish existing fire, police spaces By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
Riverside is one step closer to having brand new public safety and community spaces built adjacent to village hall. At the village board’s Aug. 15 meeting, trustees heard a presentation with three options for plans to renovate or rebuild the village’s fire and police department buildings next to Riverside Village Hall, a project the board started in February. Two of the options involved maintaining the existing fire and police space and building additions while the third, which trustees ultimately chose to pursue, will see the shared department taken down after a new structure is partially built. That option would need to be completed in a phased approach, said Mark Bushhouse, president of Williams Architects, Riverside’s firm for the project and the same firm the village partnered with in 2018 to evaluate the public safety spaces and identify problems with them.
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Raymond Ave. hosted a concert last Saturday featuring multiple musicians, incuding Mark Dvorak (above).
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