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Village president touts Oswego’s business growth, cites Trader Joe’s as sign things are good · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Village President tauts Oswego's business growth cites Trader Joe's as
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  Speaker 1: signed things are good. Written by Eric Shelkoff, This article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. New businesses continue to flock Toaswego and Oswego
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  Speaker 1: Village President Ryan Kaufman said he knows the reason why
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  Speaker 1: when Trader Joe's chooses your community. It says that this
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  Speaker 1: is a place with energy, stability and a customer base
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  Speaker 1: that executives believe in, Kaufman said during his State of
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  Speaker 1: the Village address on March fourth. The Oswego Area Chamber
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  Speaker 1: of Commerce hosted the event held Oswego Village Hall. As
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  Speaker 1: Kaufman confirmed during his address, a Trader Joe's grocery store
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  Speaker 1: is being built at the southwest corner of US Route
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  Speaker 1: thirty four and Kendall Point Drive, next to Delta Sonic.
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  Speaker 1: Trader Joe's previously had not said where the store would
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  Speaker 1: be located. The store is set to open in the fall,
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  Speaker 1: he said. Along with Trader Joe's, Kaufman noted that national
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  Speaker 1: retailer home Gooods plans to build a store between PetSmart
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  Speaker 1: and Aldi in the Prairie Market East Shopping Center at
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  Speaker 1: the intersection of US Route thirty four in Fitth Street.
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  Speaker 1: In addition, Dutch Brothers Coffee plans to open a nine
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  Speaker 1: p ninety nine square foot drive through restaurant near the
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  Speaker 1: intersection of US Route thirty four and Ogden Falls Boulevard
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  Speaker 1: in Oswego. The store would be its first in northern Illinois,
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  Speaker 1: he said. At the same time, Kaufman said new businesses
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  Speaker 1: continued to flock to downtown Oswego, including Bay fifty four
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  Speaker 1: Cocktail Lounge. Bay fifty four is renovating the space at
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  Speaker 1: fifty seven Mainstet that formerly housed the Bike Rack Oswego.
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  Speaker 1: Bay fifty four represents something equally important, local entrepreneurs investing
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  Speaker 1: in our downtown because they believe in Oswego's future unquote,
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  Speaker 1: he said. Kaufman said it is his goal to make
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  Speaker 1: downtown Oswego a true destination, a place where people gather, explore, shop,
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  Speaker 1: and return to again and again. One of the most
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  Speaker 1: exciting examples of that vision is the reimagining of Harrison Street,
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  Speaker 1: he said. Village trustees have approved plans for a private
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  Speaker 1: training and group fitness facility to open in a portion
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  Speaker 1: of an industrial building along South Harrison Street in downtown Oswego.
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  Speaker 1: The proposal is part of a bigger project to redevelop
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  Speaker 1: that portion of Harrison Street. Plans also call for small
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  Speaker 1: retail shop spaces, food trucks, with a pavilion, and a
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  Speaker 1: recreational area, along with a dog park. Last August, Oswego
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  Speaker 1: Village Trustees approved a special use permit for Termination Fitness,
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  Speaker 1: which plans to locate in about two thousand square feet
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  Speaker 1: on the northwest side of the about ten thousand square
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  Speaker 1: foot building at seven or City four's Harrison Saint. The
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  Speaker 1: business is owned by Ryan and Monique Nader. Barkville Buddies,
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  Speaker 1: composed of an indoor dog friendly bar and an outdoor
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  Speaker 1: fenced in dog area, will be located on the southwest
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  Speaker 1: side of the building. Village trustees approved a liquor license
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  Speaker 1: for Barkville Buddies on August fifth. During his address, Kaufman
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  Speaker 1: also complimented the village's first responders in responding to several
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  Speaker 1: tragedies in the past year, including when a two year
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  Speaker 1: old boy was killed last July after a car crashed
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  Speaker 1: into the front entrance of the Portillo's restaurant in Oswego.
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  Speaker 1: Oswego is safer because of them, and we are grateful
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  Speaker 1: beyond words, he said. New businesses in Oswego now will
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  Speaker 1: have to install barriers to protect pedestrians along sidewalks or
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  Speaker 1: store entrances. The rules are known as Finnegan's Law, a
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  Speaker 1: reference to the boy killed in the crash, Finnegan Trooper McKee.
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  Speaker 1: We are actively partnering with our state legislature to make
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  Speaker 1: Finnegan's Law the law of the land across Illinois, Kaufman said,