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Oswego gives $21,000 grant to owner of Washington St. building to make improvements for new restaurant · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Oswego gives 21,000 grant to owner of Washington St. Building to make
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  improvements for new restaurant. Written by Eric Shelkov This article is
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  being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlet. The
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  owner of the former Donnelly's restaurant in Oswego will receive 21,193
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  in financial assistance from the village to improve the building as Hell's
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  Barbecue prepares to take over the space. At the November 2nd, Oswego
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  Village Board meeting, village trustees unanimously approved the Economic Incentive Award for
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  Urban Edge Commercial Ventures LLC. UrbanEge purchased the building at 228 East
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  Washington Street following the closure of Donnelly's in December 2024 after the
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  owners retired. Danelli's had been at 228 East Washington Street in Oswego
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  since 1985. Prior to that, it had been at a smaller location
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  near the Fox River in Oswego. UrbanEdge proposes to invest nearly 49,000
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  to complete renovations to the building The project includes the design and
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  installation of a 250-gallon grease interceptor, along with the complete replacement of
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  the parking lot area. Despite this building formerly being a restaurants there
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  is no grease trap in the building because of its age, Oswego
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  Economic Development Director Kevin Lady said during the meeting. So this is
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  a brand new grease trap which is required for all new restaurants
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  in this day and age. Lady said the total value of the
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  improvements is approximately 32,386 for the grease trap
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  and 16,500 for the parking lot. Under the New Grant Program Eligibility
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  Criteria, the proposed project is eligible for an award of up to
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  50 of the costs for the interior building improvements and a 5,000
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  maximum grant award for the parking lot work, which equates to 21,193,
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  he said. Last month, village trustees approved a 40,000 economic development
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  incentive grant for Hells Barbecue independent from the property owner last month.
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  Hell's Barbecue has its own separate budget, which will involve upgrading the
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  kitchen hood with an Ansel fire protection system, along with construction of
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  a concrete area in the back of the building for a meat
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  smoker, and installation of fencing around the smoker area, Lady said. The
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  project, which is expected to cost approximately 100,000, also includes facade
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  improvements, including exterior painting of the building. In July, Hell's Barbecue closed
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  its first brick and mortar location. The restaurant had been at ten
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  nineteen Station Drive in the Oswego Junction shopping center along Orchard Road,
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  opening in November 2022. Owner Keith Richards founded the restaurant as a
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  catering business in 2014.