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Village Free Press_091323

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Maywood has a blast at annual Fest,

Vol. VIII No. 37

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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Battery manufacturing plant coming to Illinois

Melrose Park revels in Hispano Fest Page 4

Westchester’s midcentury homes are layered with history

Lithium-ion plant in Manteno part of state’s ongoing effort to court electric vehicle manufacturing By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois

A new battery manufacturing plant is set to open in Illinois next year after the state offered more than $330 million in tax incentives to make it happen. Gotion, a Chinese battery manufacturing and development company, announced on Sept. 8 that it will build a lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Manteno, about 50 miles south of Chicago. The roughly $2 billion project is set to create 2,600 jobs and begin production in 2024. The plant will produce battery cells, battery packs like the kinds used in electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems. Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday called the development “the most significant new manufacturing investment in Illinois in decades.” In total, the state and local governments offered Gotion more than $536 million in incentives and tax breaks, according to Pritzker’s office. The company is the fifth to make a deal with the state under the two-year-old Reimagining Energy and Vehicles, or REV, program. Under the deal finalized on Sept. 7, the state See BATTERY on page 2

Michael Romain

Tom McCarthy, whose family owns McCarthy Brothers Paving in Maywood, stands in between his 1947 Hudson and his 1961 Triumph TR3. McCarthy’s midcentury home was one of a few dozen featured in the first annual Westchester Mid-Century House Walk on Sept. 9.

The Westchester MidCentury House Walk on Sept. 9 unearthed many stories within the suburb’s rich residential architecture

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Jim Suva stood near the entrance of his home on the 10000 block of Canterbury St. in Westchester wearing the jersey of the late Cubs Hall of Fame third baseman Ron Santo. It turns out, the home and Santo have something in common. “Ron Santo is Jim’s absolute favorite baseball player of all time,” said Suva’s

wife, Julie, while showing off the couple’s home during the first annual Westchester Mid-Century House Walk (Modchester for short) on Sept. 9. Jim Suva’s family bought the house when it was built in 1956 and lived there until 1965. When the Suvas moved, the Lorenza family purchased the house and lived there until 1986. Jim returned to his See MODCHESTER on page 6


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