'We Have 1965 Stores' on Harlem: Palos Heights Mayor

Mayor Bob Straz identified a need for 'forward thinkers' who can change the city's business landscape during Tuesday's State of Palos Heights address. He also highlighted the city's fiscal responsibility and ongoing effort to draw new business.

Mayor Bob Straz called for progressive business people and developers to help renovate dated parts of city during his State of Palos Heights address delivered Tuesday. While the Palos Heights' business community added more than two dozen new stores and restaurants and efforts continue to spruce up Harlem Avenue, areas still remain that date back decades and "forward thinkers" are required to spur redevelopment. "One of the problems we have is that we have 1965 stores up and down Harlem Avenue," Straz said. "We need forward thinkers to come in and change some of those buildings." "That's how things happen in Palos Heights," he added. Straz's address, given at a Palos Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon inside Moraine Valley Community College…

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