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Cherish Matias combined her passion for early childhood education with her love of baking to create Cheri’s Berries Cafe and Play in Metropolis.
It’s a one-of-a-kind space where kids can play, learn, and build social skills while parents enjoy homemade food, coffee, and baked goods. Since opening in 2025, Cheri’s Berries has become a welcoming gathering place for families in the community.
The City Council Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy on Tuesday will consider an ordinance that would remove an exemption in city code that excludes data centers from the city’s program that intakes and reports on large buildings’ energy use.
The environment committee will meet at 10 a.m. in council chambers.
An analysis from the Cook County Treasurer’s Office showed that homeowners faced more of an increase in their property taxes this year compared to businesses and that the entire property tax levy increased beyond the rate of inflation.
The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved plans for the redevelopment of the site of the closed Ford City Mall, a mixed-use development near Rate Field in Bronzeville and a condominium building in the West Loop.
Following a change to how the city collects taxes on alcoholic beverages purchased at liquor stores and other packaged goods licensees, Chicago reported a more than $4 million drop in the amount of liquor tax revenue remitted by businesses through July.
The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday will consider plans for the redevelopment of the site of the shuttered Ford City Mall, a mixed-use development near Rate Field and a downtown condominium building.
The plan commission will meet at 10 a.m. in Room 1103 at City Hall.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Wednesday regulating electric micromobility devices such as electric scooters.