VILLAGE PRESIDENT’S LETTER:
VILLAGE OF BARTLETT T
he Village of Bartlett truly embraced its motto of Progress With Pride during 2019 by encouraging and supporting new businesses and investment throughout the community.
long-time businesses in the center, as well as the entire downtown, should soon see the benefits of a more attractive setting and additional foot traffic at Streets of Bartlett.
Brewster Creek Business Park continues to flourish and attract new businesses that diversify the local economy and provide employment opportunities for area residents. A new 400,000 square foot facility will be the first industrial project in the Cook County portion of the business park and will ultimately employ 200. Construction will take place throughout 2020.
The Village Board and I have supported much of this reinvestment into our community through the Bartlett Economic Development Assistance, or BEDA, program, which provides grants to businesses and developers who convert vacant or otherwise underutilized buildings into businesses that add jobs and sales tax revenues to Bartlett. The program also supports long time business owners looking to enhance or improve their business.
Just outside of Brewster Creek, two 207,000 square foot speculative warehouse facilities will house future Bartlett businesses. Our community’s advantages for warehousing and manufacturing are so strong that many industrial developers have similarly constructed buildings prior to having a tenant, and they all filled very quickly. On the south end of town, just east of IL Route 59 on Army Trail Road, an attractive new strip retail center called the Galleria of Bartlett has opened. The Village is excited to be working with another developer who is transforming an older downtown shopping center with a high vacancy rate into a vibrant, renovated property with new businesses. The owner is converting Bartlett Plaza into Streets of Bartlett and has had three new businesses open, with more coming soon. Besides the new business,
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Bartlett’s diverse population and high quality of life, its improving business climate, strong workforce pool, and always supportive Chamber of Commerce, makes us confident that we will continue to see sure and steady progress and an abundance of pride in our Village as we head into 2020 and beyond.
KEVIN WALLACE
Village President Village of Bartlett
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