I just got your letter in the mail today. Didn't know about this online petition until now. About a year earlier someone came door to door with a petition that I signed. Did anyone think to extend Brown Derby right between Jewel-Osco & Target? That would solve two problems, you would have a direct shot to & from Halsted & it would also put you right in the middle of the shopping complex. Can't reverse what has already been done, but this would help.
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scott kuzminski
9 years ago
Regards the comment that this is less than 1% of the annual rev/budget of Thornton, and this is such a ridiculous thing, cutting off an outlet that is right next to the Tri-State 80/90 exit, I can only surmise the trustees in Thorton were bribed to pass this.....Hope it was worth it for them....Makes you truly wonder what freebees the trustees of Thornton got for that, inc the Mayor. If not so, this still would be a hugely ignorant move. The trustees and mayor of Thornton are serving commerce, and that not even in their own town, and shutting off one of the main roads leading INTO their own town, that leads directly into their own commerce district....Amazing a store like Menards has carte blanche over an entire town, and they just lost one customer here.
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Kimberly Lewis Williams
10 years ago
Please keep this road open. It is a inconvience to travel south to ridge road to get through traffic.
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Terry Varga
10 years ago
Use this road a lot....please leave it open.
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Carl Johnson
10 years ago
I used to use BDR to get to Menard's from Thornton. They apparently do not want my business. I will comply with that
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Barbara Carlson
10 years ago
The congestion of traffic near Halsted Street & Ridge Road during afternoon rush hour. Please do not close Bronw Derby Road.
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Pete Matrenec
10 years ago
There are other options to accommodate expansion. Please DO NOT close Brown Derby Road. I use it almost every day.
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Kenneth C. Alvers
10 years ago
Do not let this BIG BOX Store wreck a road that has been there for Decades because they want to expand their Lumber Yard. They should utilize a portion of their Parking Lot for that as it's never full of cars and is wasted space. Thornton relies on that road for business coming into town from the North, West & South. Homewood doesn't need anymore Land, they cannot keep up what they have now. Don't Do It, You will be sorry in the long run.
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Paula franklin
10 years ago
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This is a major road and I will not shop at Menards anymore I have been shopping there sense the day it opened it's a disgrace that they can close this road. Have they even thought of the traffic jams because of the closing I think not. This road closing saddens me and numerous other people but like usual you don't care about the small guy only the big guys
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Jenny Donohoe
10 years ago
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This road needs to stay open. If this road closes, it's just going to create more problems for everybody, especially for Emergency Medical Services. As well as for the Police and Fire departments.
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Kathie Liston
10 years ago
This is a mistake ! Keep it open!
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A Grankowski
10 years ago
Menards can build a larger facility across the street where the KMart used to be...................
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Kenneth E Ooms
10 years ago
We use this road often and it would be a hugh inconvenience to close it. Why do it just to put monies in Thornton's pocket? Think of all the non Thornton residents that use it.
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Leslie Buckner
10 years ago
This road is a main access road for me to Glenwood and one I've taken since childhood. This will be a large inconvenience and I agree will divert traffic from Thorton businesses
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William T Lewis
10 years ago
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Please don't allow the closing of Brown Derby Road just for the sake of Menards to expand. There is plenty of space for Menards to build a larger store right there on Halsted, Across the street where the hotels were stands out as the real estate is currently empty. Why burden 1000 of tax paying residents for the sake of a corporation?
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Kathleen Reingold
10 years ago
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Please keep this Historic road open, which I have used for over forty years to travel from and to the village of Thornton. This closure was not done with the approval of the citizens of the Village of Thornton and I respectfully request that IDOT declines the approval of the the closing of Brown Derby Road.
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Mary Madden-Pniewski
11 years ago
Please don't close this road! I use it daily and it would be a great burden to my family and community!
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Melanie Fuqua
11 years ago
We us Brown Derby Rd to do our shopping in Halsted. Do not close it!
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THOMAS P NASON
11 years ago
menards can pick another site. this is homewood trying to take care of its tax base. the road is a traffice check valve for I 80 traffic
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Dawn Keefe
11 years ago
why close it now access to so many places vote to keep it OPEN
I just got your letter in the mail today. Didn't know about this online petition until now. About a year earlier someone came door to door with a petition that I signed. Did anyone think to extend Brown Derby right between Jewel-Osco & Target? That would solve two problems, you would have a direct shot to & from Halsted & it would also put you right in the middle of the shopping complex. Can't reverse what has already been done, but this would help.
Regards the comment that this is less than 1% of the annual rev/budget of Thornton, and this is such a ridiculous thing, cutting off an outlet that is right next to the Tri-State 80/90 exit, I can only surmise the trustees in Thorton were bribed to pass this.....Hope it was worth it for them....Makes you truly wonder what freebees the trustees of Thornton got for that, inc the Mayor. If not so, this still would be a hugely ignorant move. The trustees and mayor of Thornton are serving commerce, and that not even in their own town, and shutting off one of the main roads leading INTO their own town, that leads directly into their own commerce district....Amazing a store like Menards has carte blanche over an entire town, and they just lost one customer here.
Please keep this road open. It is a inconvience to travel south to ridge road to get through traffic.
Use this road a lot....please leave it open.
I used to use BDR to get to Menard's from Thornton. They apparently do not want my business. I will comply with that
The congestion of traffic near Halsted Street & Ridge Road during afternoon rush hour. Please do not close Bronw Derby Road.
There are other options to accommodate expansion. Please DO NOT close Brown Derby Road. I use it almost every day.
Do not let this BIG BOX Store wreck a road that has been there for Decades because they want to expand their Lumber Yard. They should utilize a portion of their Parking Lot for that as it's never full of cars and is wasted space. Thornton relies on that road for business coming into town from the North, West & South. Homewood doesn't need anymore Land, they cannot keep up what they have now. Don't Do It, You will be sorry in the long run.
This is a major road and I will not shop at Menards anymore I have been shopping there sense the day it opened it's a disgrace that they can close this road. Have they even thought of the traffic jams because of the closing I think not. This road closing saddens me and numerous other people but like usual you don't care about the small guy only the big guys
This road needs to stay open. If this road closes, it's just going to create more problems for everybody, especially for Emergency Medical Services. As well as for the Police and Fire departments.
This is a mistake ! Keep it open!
Menards can build a larger facility across the street where the KMart used to be...................
We use this road often and it would be a hugh inconvenience to close it. Why do it just to put monies in Thornton's pocket? Think of all the non Thornton residents that use it.
This road is a main access road for me to Glenwood and one I've taken since childhood. This will be a large inconvenience and I agree will divert traffic from Thorton businesses
Please don't allow the closing of Brown Derby Road just for the sake of Menards to expand. There is plenty of space for Menards to build a larger store right there on Halsted, Across the street where the hotels were stands out as the real estate is currently empty. Why burden 1000 of tax paying residents for the sake of a corporation?
Please keep this Historic road open, which I have used for over forty years to travel from and to the village of Thornton. This closure was not done with the approval of the citizens of the Village of Thornton and I respectfully request that IDOT declines the approval of the the closing of Brown Derby Road.
Please don't close this road! I use it daily and it would be a great burden to my family and community!
We us Brown Derby Rd to do our shopping in Halsted. Do not close it!
menards can pick another site. this is homewood trying to take care of its tax base. the road is a traffice check valve for I 80 traffic
why close it now access to so many places vote to keep it OPEN