a park that honors veterans such as the one in Munster Indiana on Calumet avenue. It honors all wars and is incorporated around a small body of water wth walkways and fountains. Has anyone been to where i speak of? quite impressive!

Isn't that up to the developer? How about we play "let's write relevant stories and quit being lazy!"

Gentlemans club and a off track betting facility.

I would hope to see something different that is not available anywhere else in town that and that it would not be a solid monolithic dense packed structure, definitely not a medical facility of any kind and definitely not more than 5 stories and preferably of varying levels/heights.

It should have abundant quality landscaping and open spaces where people could sit outside and eat drink and possibly see live entertainment. This would likely be a multi tenant/multi use facility with possibly a brewery/ restaurant with quality food. It would be nice to have a quality butcher, a market with local food, various specialty shops, etc. Most of all it needs to have character, gathering space and bring back the neighborhood feel that the village had before all the recent development. There are many towns with quality developments with character and interest adjacent to their train stations.

I also meant to include it needs to be highly energy efficient, incorporate sustainable high performance materials and technology and be, at minimum, LEED Silver or equivalent.

How about a QUALITY restaurant? Sure Oak Lawn has a about two but another one woulf be nice. What about the property where the K-Mart is being demolished? NOTHING is ever mentioned about that!

"We’re working on different concepts,” Mayor Dave Heilmann said. “I don’t think anything has been decided. We’re getting some thoughts together.” He doesn't THINK anything has been decided?!?! That's Dave prevaricating big time as is his SOP. I have an idea. How about some parking? Since DAVE and buddies have decided to do away with MOST of the parking for the library by selling off the building on the south side of the Village Hall to some bank so they can build there and, once again, just like the Kmart/Dominick mess at 111th & Cicero, not create any revenue for the Village anyway.

If the Trustee are still arguing about the Chris Hospital Land, why not start keeping the "O" in Money in Oak Lawn, and start getting more business that will keep people shopping here and create venue like we need.. Here's thought, A "Trader Joe's" , could bring in from locals towns, Evergreen Park, Beverly, Chicago, Mt, Greenwood, Alsip. Own town deserves so much better than what we already have. There are many availabel spaces that the Trustee's are too busy arguing that they are missing the picutre here!

What did the I. N. R. stand for in I. N. R. Beatty?

Not another TIF PROJECT!!!!! Let Private company redevelop site with no Taxpayer money used!!

I am no urban planner nor am I in real estate. That being said, I would like to see the original 100 year old store preserved and turned into a brew pub that makes and serves micro brews.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE AFFORDABLE CONDO'S FOR SENIORS AND DISABLED PEOPLE ON ONE OF THE SITES, ON THE OTHER SITE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED SHOPPING, SENIOR/DISABILITY CENTER AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.

Entertainment center: live music, plays and even a Barnes and Noble would be great.

WE HAVE ENOUGH MEDICAL OFFICES, ENOUGH ALREADY!

How about something to generate revenue and lower my ever-rising property taxes.

Living so close to the property, my opinion as to what should be built here is heavily biased. I suspect that to make the most revenue out of the land, whatever is built there is going to be taller than wider, unfortunately. Don Pointer's idea, or any concept of a green area, is nice - but likely unrealistic. The developer and Village want to make money.

Trader Joe's sounds like a plan, oh dear God please no more banks, med centers, or condos.we need revenue from the taxes on sales of product.

How about a good old restaurant, like Gibbons' or the old Dunlops? Some antique shops and vintage clothes stores, too. An old fashioned ice cream / candy shop? During the holidays there could be carolers and hot chocolate and roasted chestnuts in the area. In spring and summer fresh flower stalls, snow cones, cotton candy and a barber shop quartet at particular times. Those that would like a brew-ski can go into the restaurant, or right down the street for a cold one.
It would be different and draw people from all around us.

how about nothing. What's the matter with an abandoned lumber yard and some old manufacturing plant. If not, the strip club sounds pretty good. That would bring in a lot of traffic and be convenient for those that use the train from downtown. No we'll probably just end up with some dumb building where the women won't strip

Open spaces or a water retention pond. Even since those massive condos and new retail spaces went up, the flooding near 101st street is intolerable. No coincidence there. It almost never flooded. Since those buildings went up, every time we get more than an inch of rain, the streets close and I get over a foot of water in my yard. The little park down the street in underwater and all the bark nuggets float into yards over a block away. There have been times when I could not get home for two days because of street flooding and barricades.

The lot behind Deja Brew is owned by the VFW the reason I know that is because my family built the VFW. NO MORE CONDO'S OR STRIP MALLS!!!

Organic food store and gardening learning center. This town needs to learn.

How about a wishing well? It will be a fantastic place where naive readers of the Patch can meet and throw their pennies into a fountain and make a wish. A large marble horse with the "has been" or more appropriately named "never was" reporter sitting on top, would be a fascinating entryway into the downtown area. Oh it sounds like a dream. But so do all these other suggestions.