City of Geneva to Buy Up Parcels on East State Street

Some "assembly" required? The process starts with the purchase of the house at 617 E. State St., just west of Geneva Firewood & Mulch.

Geneva's City Council has approved the purchase of a long-vacant house and property to the west of Geneva Firewood & Mulch on the city's East Side. The purchase is one of several parcels the city is likely to acquire in an effort to improve the East State Street business corridor. In late January, the City Council OK'd a plan to spend about a $1 million for engineering work to improve East State Street from the Fox River to Kirk Road. According to that plan, East State Street would be widened, sidewalks improved and a streetscape created that would enhance traffic and pedestrian flow, business ingress and egress and aesthetics. The home at 617 E. State St. has been vacant for some time. It is within the East State Street Tax Increment …

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