The hotel development was proposed for the vacant lot area near the Mobil gas station in the 7700 South State block. The meeting was well attended. There will be several more meetings on this topic upcoming for Sub-Area I.
Since you like to take information from other blogs. Here is a comment from "The Sixth Ward Blog". What do you have to say on this comment.
"Can anyone attending that meeting honestly say they felt comfortable with the answers (or lack of) the two of them were expressing? They both have shady business backgrounds and one is a convicted felon. Do you honestly think they have this community's best interest at heart Mr. President of CAPCC???"
Why is there a need for more meetings? Please explain the CAPCC process for businesses coming into the community.
The meeting was held Wednesday, March 31, 2010, Northern Trust Bank. My neighbors said the room was packed wall to wall standing room only. They made it very clear that they did not want a hotel built on that site.
The two gentlemen who want to build the hotel are Herbert Hedgeman and Herman Roberts. Herbert Hedgeman owns Barbar Ann's Hotel and Bar b que joint on Cottage Grove and Sportsman Inn on 45th Cicero. Barbara Ann is a dump and Sportsman Inn isn't too much better. Go check both of them out for yourself. Herbert Hedgeman also owns the lot on 76th Indiana. Herman Roberts owned Roberts motel years ago. I guess he is with this guy for advise and to use his name.
An internet search on Herbert Hedgeman discloses his involvement in federal court charges related to misuse of federal funds to contractors. The first 3 hits relate to court cases he has been involved in. It also shows his political contributions. Check it out for yourself.
Both of these individuals are close to 80, if not 80. Keith seems to think that age doesn't matter. But who is going to run this hotel? I suspect as well as others that they already have a buyer. And who could that be?
Chatham already has a significant amount of crime, especially drug activity. On the corner from the proposed site is a car wash that has coninuous drug activity. The wabash block club has been fighting that car wash for years. The block club on 75th Indiana has problems with the 50 yard line and 79th street is a hot mess! Someone at the meeting stated a large number of people are killed every year at that type of hotel. A hotel will only add to the criminal element or riff raff we already have in Chatham.
For someone who is always talking about do their due diligence, why wasn't the this information given to the board and block club presidents upfront. Why didn't we do a tour of his properties? At this point we have serious doubts as to whether the President and Vice President of CAPCC have the community's best interest at heart.
I could go on and on about the meeting. My phone was blown off the hook about this issue. There will be more.....
Yes there will be more. The process is called stacking the deck only invite people sympathetic to your cause and that is what CAPCC attempted to do.
They only perform "due dillegence" on businesses that do not want. Why wasn't a police arrest history pulled on the Barbara Ann?
I attended the PMNCC meeting and the members were livid. They were not informed or invited to the meeting. Also, neither nearby church was invited Carter temple or Friendly Baptist. The members of PMNCC vow to fight this proposal again because it was mentioned the developer has floated this idea for the past 20 years to PMNCC with no success. So now he is at CAPCC where the word is out that their support is for sale.
Lastly, the question about the legitimacy of the officers of CAPCC came into question because many felt that the President and Vice President actually live in Park Manor and not Chatham
Chatham is a registered neighborhood from 75th to 87th Steets and State Street to Cottage Grove since 1955 and a vote of the home and property owners since the early 1970s.
I didn't assume anything. If you read the comment it clearly states that there are those who question the validity of the boundaries that CAPCC has laid out. As a former officer I'm very aware of the process flawed but it is what it is.
Does anyone know about the "Legacy Project? This is a proposal to build a convention center with hotelon 85th Dan Ryan (former Johnson Products Co). Please let me know.
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUMBIIym1VQ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKYuZKDhMOI&feature=related. If you need additional info, please email me.
They have several national chains interested in developing tha hotel/convention portion along with a large group of churches supporting them. Can't say the same about the disaster on 76th street
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Since you like to take information from other blogs. Here is a comment from "The Sixth Ward Blog". What do you have to say on this comment.
"Can anyone attending that meeting honestly say they felt comfortable with the answers (or lack of) the two of them were expressing? They both have shady business backgrounds and one is a convicted felon. Do you honestly think they have this community's best interest at heart Mr. President of CAPCC???"
Why is there a need for more meetings? Please explain the CAPCC process for businesses coming into the community.
The meeting was held Wednesday, March 31, 2010, Northern Trust Bank. My neighbors said the room was packed wall to wall standing room only. They made it very clear that they did not want a hotel built on that site.
The two gentlemen who want to build the hotel are Herbert Hedgeman and Herman Roberts. Herbert Hedgeman owns Barbar Ann's Hotel and Bar b que joint on Cottage Grove and Sportsman Inn on 45th Cicero. Barbara Ann is a dump and Sportsman Inn isn't too much better. Go check both of them out for yourself. Herbert Hedgeman also owns the lot on 76th Indiana. Herman Roberts owned Roberts motel years ago. I guess he is with this guy for advise and to use his name.
An internet search on Herbert Hedgeman discloses his involvement in federal court charges related to misuse of federal funds to contractors. The first 3 hits relate to court cases he has been involved in. It also shows his political contributions. Check it out for yourself.
Both of these individuals are close to 80, if not 80. Keith seems to think that age doesn't matter. But who is going to run this hotel? I suspect as well as others that they already have a buyer. And who could that be?
Chatham already has a significant amount of crime, especially drug activity. On the corner from the proposed site is a car wash that has coninuous drug activity. The wabash block club has been fighting that car wash for years. The block club on 75th Indiana has problems with the 50 yard line and 79th street is a hot mess! Someone at the meeting stated a large number of people are killed every year at that type of hotel. A hotel will only add to the criminal element or riff raff we already have in Chatham.
For someone who is always talking about do their due diligence, why wasn't the this information given to the board and block club presidents upfront. Why didn't we do a tour of his properties? At this point we have serious doubts as to whether the President and Vice President of CAPCC have the community's best interest at heart.
I could go on and on about the meeting. My phone was blown off the hook about this issue. There will be more.....
Yes there will be more. The process is called stacking the deck only invite people sympathetic to your cause and that is what CAPCC attempted to do.
They only perform "due dillegence" on businesses that do not want. Why wasn't a police arrest history pulled on the Barbara Ann?
I attended the PMNCC meeting and the members were livid. They were not informed or invited to the meeting. Also, neither nearby church was invited Carter temple or Friendly Baptist. The members of PMNCC vow to fight this proposal again because it was mentioned the developer has floated this idea for the past 20 years to PMNCC with no success. So now he is at CAPCC where the word is out that their support is for sale.
Lastly, the question about the legitimacy of the officers of CAPCC came into question because many felt that the President and Vice President actually live in Park Manor and not Chatham
Chatham is a registered neighborhood from 75th to 87th Steets and State Street to Cottage Grove since 1955 and a vote of the home and property owners since the early 1970s.
worlee, I guess you are assuming that Keith O. Tate and Maryellen Drake were not elected?!
I didn't assume anything. If you read the comment it clearly states that there are those who question the validity of the boundaries that CAPCC has laid out. As a former officer I'm very aware of the process flawed but it is what it is.
Does anyone know about the "Legacy Project? This is a proposal to build a convention center with hotelon 85th Dan Ryan (former Johnson Products Co). Please let me know.
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUMBIIym1VQ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKYuZKDhMOI&feature=related. If you need additional info, please email me.
What is the status of the 85th and Dan Ryan hotel project right now?
They have several national chains interested in developing tha hotel/convention portion along with a large group of churches supporting them. Can't say the same about the disaster on 76th street
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