BOURBONNAIS — Bourbonnais residents will no longer have to imagine what the village’s proposed Community Campus will look like.
In February, village officials shared the final renderings for the $20 million project that will be a focal point for community events year-round on the grounds behind the village’s Community Center in the 700 block of Main Street NW.
Mayor Paul Schore said officials are hopeful to start the project this summer and it should take 12 to 18 months to complete.
“This is one of the biggest capital projects in the village’s history,” Administrator Mike Van Mill said, adding that the village worked to ensure it would have minimal impact on residents.
He said the project will be financed by municipal bonds as well as funds from the village’s three business districts and interest from the $32.1 million the village received selling its wastewater treatment system to Aqua Illinois.
“Something with these amenities will spur other economic development and we will see new growth,” he said at a design unveiling event. “New commercial, new residential. New business opportunities. We just see this as a catalyst. I like what someone here tonight said. ‘We went from a town to a village,’ and I like that term.”
Schore said, “If we’re going to grow we have to have the amenities. This is what this project is about.”
Jeff Bonty is a reporter for The Daily Journal. He can be reached at [email protected] and 815-937-3366.
