WJOL: NorthPoint Finds Finds A Way Into Joliet
WJOL wrote: NorthPoint has found a way into Joliet. On Friday, the logistics company filed paperwork with the city of Joliet to have property they own annexed into the city. …… read more →
Judge Rules Against Elwood on Bridge Lawsuits
WJOL wrote: A Will County Judge has ruled against the village of Elwood in their effort to stop a proposed bridge for the Compass Business Park. NorthPoint properties is attempting …… read more →
American Legion Department of Illinois says NO to NorthPoint
The letter and full resolution are linked below… On behalf of the 75,000 plus members of The American Legion Department of Illinois, we wish to express our concerns about the …… read more →
Congressman Bobby Rush’s ‘bridge to our future’ is a bridge to nowhere
Politicians should jump off this bridge, a proposed transportation logistics hub in Joliet. It could lead to nothing but unfulfilled promises. The Sun-Times recently published an op-ed from U.S. Rep. …… read more →
Tribune Op-ed: Joliet-area residents have good reason to oppose NorthPoint development
The path of Illinois Route 53 in Elwood, just south of Joliet, is bucolic. Running along the east side of the road, travelers spot bison grazing at the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. Farm fields and open space grace historic Route 66 as it moves through Will County. It is the road traveled by thousands of veterans to their final resting place at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, the country’s second largest national cemetery.
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Elwood files amended complaint against Joliet
On Feb 16th, Elwood village attorney Jordan Kielian filed a five point amended complaint against the city of Joliet. Read the complaint here Listen to Jordan Kielian on WJOL on …… read more →
Petition to Intervene granted!
We (individual members of Just Say No to NorthPoint, along with Openlands and Sierra Club) won our motion to intervene in the Elwood case, despite NorthPoint’s objection. This was the …… read more →
Stop NorthPoint Subpoenas Shanahan for Documents
Stop NorthPoint LLC served former Joliet City Manager Martin Shanahan with a subpoena Friday as part of the group’s lawsuit against the City of Joliet and NorthPoint Development. The subpoena seeks the productions of documents in Shanahan’s possession or control relating to studies pertaining to water issues, environmental impacts, traffic, noise and vibration, “whether contained in paper or saved electronically in thumb-drives.”… read more →
JHN: Joliet approves NorthPoint plan after two days of opposition
The approval comes amid a lawsuit trying to stop it, which means the NorthPoint controversy isn’t settled yet. Two lawyers for Stop NorthPoint, the organization that filed the lawsuit, called in to the hearing. “Are you smarter or more informed than the hundreds and maybe thousands of people who oppose this annexation?” attorney Robert Fioretti said… read more →
Stop NorthPoint Asks Court to Uphold Governor’s Order
Stop NorthPoint LLC is asking the court for a temporary restraining order to prevent Mayor Bob O’Dekirk and the City of Joliet from forcing the NorthPoint project through the Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals during the height of the pandemic.
“The public hearings set for December 3rd, 10th, and 15th, 2020 violate state law and will endanger the health and safety of the named Plaintiffs and the general public,” according to the complaint filed Monday in Will County court…. read more →
Stop NorthPoint Intends to File TRO, Amended Complaint
Attorneys for Stop NorthPoint LLC announced in court today the group’s intent to seek a temporary restraining order in an effort to prevent the City of Joliet from moving forward with the NorthPoint annexation hearings.
“We are trying to enjoin any hearings or meetings from occurring on December 3 or December 10,” said Richard Linden, of Linden & Bustamante, one of Stop NorthPoint LLC’s attorneys, which also include Bob Fioretti and Peter Bustamante.
This delay does not change Stop NorthPoint’s primary goal of seeking a permanent halt to the project.
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JHN: Joliet restarts NorthPoint annexation process
As per Village of Elwood attorney, the whole point of the Elwood lawsuit was to get Joliet to start the process over from the beginning. Joliet Herald-News writes: … The …… read more →
Environmental Organizations Attempting To Stop NorthPoint
Environmental organizations Openlands and the Sierra Club, along with individual members of the Just Say No to NorthPoint grassroots community group, filed a motion seeking to join a lawsuit against the City of Joliet, which if granted would make it the third complaint filed regarding East Gate’s beleaguered NorthPoint intermodal facility, otherwise known as Compass Business Park in Joliet, Illinois. Plaintiffs will be joining the lawsuit filed by the Village of Elwood against the City of Joliet earlier this year…. read more →
Stop NorthPoint and veterans file expansive lawsuit against Joliet & NorthPoint Development
Just weeks after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot praised NorthPoint Development at a groundbreaking in Hegewisch, a well-organized grassroots group called Stop NorthPoint LLC, along with numerous decorated veterans and area residents filed an expansive lawsuit Wednesday against the City of Joliet and NorthPoint Development. The attorneys representing the plaintiffs are Bob Fioretti, Richard Linden and Peter Bustamante…. read more →