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Jimmy John’s is coming to Mendota · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Jimmy Johns is Coming to Mendota written by Matthias Werner.
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  This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett. Jimmy John's is coming to Mendota.
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  Art Revolt won a city bid for the property at
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  Washington Street in Illinois Route two hundred and fifty one
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  with an offer of forty thousand dollars. Revolt, who operates
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  Jimmy John's locations in Peru, Spring Valley and Princeton, outbid
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  Sandro Guzman of Taco's Guzman, who offered twenty five thousand
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  dollars for the same site. The property at twelve zero
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  nine Washington Street sits next to First Federal Savings Bank
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  and is the former site of an ice cream shop.
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  The city paid two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to
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  demolish and remediate the billity after it became unusable, according
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  to city Clerk Emily McConville. Mayor Dave Bolk said the
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  bid awarded to Revolt was contingent upon construction a new
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  building at the site. We're thrilled to continue to bring
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  in businesses that support the well being of our citizens.
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  Mendota area Chamber of Commerce CEO Madeleine Pillar said, we
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  want to thank art Rwalt for choosing Mendota