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August 16, 2023 Vol. 44, No. 7
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JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest
Leaping to Junior Olympics Page 20
Madison Street Pete’s inches slowly ahead
Still in process of relocating underground utilities, which began in January By STACEY SHERIDAN Senior Reporter
Despite a lack of visible progress, crews are making headway beneath the surface on Oak Park’s second Pete’s Fresh Market location, 640 728 Madison St. The new grocery store, which has been in the works since 2018, is still in the process of relocating underground utilities — a process that began around December 2021. A representative of Pete’s declined Wednesday Journal’s interview requests, directing the paper to follow the grocery store’s Instagram account, and relaying the message that Stephanie Dremonas, Pete’s executive officer, would “reach out if she has any interest in commenting.” However, Pete’s has been in communication with the Village of Oak Park. The grocery store’s representatives met with village staff last Friday and relayed that it would take approximately one more month to finish relocating underground utilities, according to Oak Park spokesperson Dan Yopchick. Yopchick told Wednesday Journal that Pete’s contractors are set to meet with AT&T and ComEd representatives this week to finalize past work completed and additional work yet to be completed on the last utility relocations required for the site. See PETE’S on page 12
PHOTO BY NIC MCKELVEY
The site of the new Pete’s Fresh Market construction in Jan. of this year.
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