Floor & Décor under construction in Tinley Park
Atlanta-based Floor & Décor is converting the former Burlington store in Tinley Park into its first south suburban location.
The parking lot surrounding the site is fenced off and construction is underway on the former Burlington store, which closed last year and moved around the corner to its new digs at 16300 S. Harlem Ave. in the newly renovated Tinley Park Plaza.
Village officials have said Floor & Décor is expected to bring more than 100 full-time jobs when it moves into the 70,000-square-foot space.
The closest store to Tinley Park is now in southwest suburban Countryside.
It’s not the only expansion for Floor & Décor in the Chicago market.
A new Floor & Décor store will open March 24 at 125 W. 87th St. in Chicago, near the Dan Ryan Expressway. That will be the ninth store in the Chicago area and the first on the South Side.
Floor & Décor is a specialty retailer of hard surface flooring, offering tile, wood, stone, related tools and flooring accessories.
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The company was founded in 2000.
Worth to welcome Texas Chicken & Burgers
Worth officials recently granted a business license to Texas Chicken & Burgers, 11111 S. Harlem Ave., Unit E, in a former day care center.
This will be the first business in Worth for owner Issa Khairallah.
Playground equipment will be removed from the back of the former day care center for increased parking for the restaurant, officials said.
Darvin unveils Bassett Design Center
Darvin Furniture & Mattress, 15400 La Grange Road, Orland Park, held a ribbon cutting March 10 for its redesigned Bassett Design Center, which offers access to design options from the Bassett furniture brand.
According to Darvin Furniture & Mattress Vice President of Merchandising Jill Wirig, one of the most important changes is highlighting the custom upholstery display area.
Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau awards grant
The Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau awarded a $3,960 grant to the Chicago Southland Economic Development Corporation to market and promote their Earth Day Reimagining Electric Vehicle Industry networking event to be held at Governors State University on April 22.
The event will include roundtable discussions with EV manufacturers, presentations from EV suppliers, and demonstrations of EV products.
The Local Tourism Grant Program is designed for not-for-profit organizations and/or municipalities for promotion of their meetings, sports events, festivals and attractions targeted to visitors outside the Chicago Southland region. The bureau can award up to $51,000 in six grant cycles annually. This program has been in existence since 1991 and has awarded over $1 million grant dollars.
The Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau is the official destination management and marketing organization for Chicago’s 62 south and southwest suburbs.
Illinois Philharmonic exec honored
The Illinois Council of Orchestras recently bestowed a major award upon the Palos Heights-based Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, naming Christina Salerno as the 2022 Executive Director of the Year.
The accolade was part of ICO’s annual awards for excellence in the field of music performance and for support of musical organizations. An awards panel of judges drawn from the Illinois Council of Orchestras Board of Directors and independent professional conductors and musicians reviewed nominations representing orchestras, youth orchestras, and chamber ensembles from throughout Illinois.
“With the deepest appreciation, it has truly been a pleasure to be at the helm of IPO over these past five years and I am humbled and grateful for this incredible honor,” said Salerno.
Salerno launched IPO’s Campaign for The Future endowment fund, which quickly grew from an initial goal of $2 million to nearly $4 million.
To deal with changes necessitated by the pandemic, Salerno inaugurated IPO’s Reimagined Season, beginning with outdoor concerts of chamber music at Olympia Fields Country Club, which were played before live audiences under a large tent limited to 50 patrons in socially distanced configurations. These concerts were subsequently broadcast online.
Salerno’s win comes on the heels of IPO being named Professional Orchestra of the Year in 2020, the third time the orchestra has won this prestigious award.
IPO is celebrating its 44th season and is performing several classical concerts at its home venue, Ozinga Chapel at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights. In addition, the orchestra performs a myriad educational youth offerings each year and performs a summer chamber series, IPO Summer @ Olympia Fields Country Club.
Pop’s celebrates anniversary
Pop’s Italian Beef and Sausage is celebrating its 42nd anniversary in March and will offer its Italian beef sandwich for $3.99 on March 28.
In addition, the 42nd customer to order at any of Pop’s 17 locations on March 24 will receive a $42 gift card in honor of the official 42nd anniversary of Pop’s Italian Beef and Sausage.
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Bob Bong is a freelance columnist. He can be reached at [email protected].