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Associated Press
21-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Nevada Dispensaries Demonstrate New Approaches to Cannabis Retail Experience
Pisos Dispensary, Silver State Relief, and The Grove Introduce Design-Driven, Patient-Centered, and Community-Oriented Models in the Evolving Nevada Market LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES, May 21, 2025 / / -- As Nevada's cannabis market matures, several dispensaries are distinguishing themselves not only through product offerings but through their retail environments, patient education programs, and localized outreach. Among the standout operators are Pisos Dispensary, Silver State Relief, and The Grove, each contributing to a redefined consumer experience across the state. Pisos Dispensary: Vertically Integrated Retail with a Focus on Wellness Established in 2014 near the Las Vegas Strip, Pisos Dispensary operates as a vertically integrated business with an emphasis on consistency and customer support. The company manages its own product lines, including: • Diplomat Delights – Edible gummies available in multiple flavor profiles • Healers – Products formulated for wellness-oriented consumers The dispensary also provides creams, topicals, and CBD offerings tailored to both medical and recreational customers. Pisos maintains a boutique-style retail environment and employs staff trained to support patients and first-time users. The store has received recognition including: • #1 Rated Dispensary in Las Vegas (Google Reviews) • First Place – Sativa cannabis products, Jack Herer Cup (2016) • Top 10 U.S. Dispensary – High Times (2018) In addition to retail operations, Pisos supports charitable initiatives such as food and toy drives, and partnerships with Veterans Village. Silver State Relief: Patient-Centered Service in Northern Nevada With locations in Sparks and Fernley, Silver State Relief was the first dispensary licensed in the state. Founded with a focus on medical access, the company continues to prioritize patient education and service across both medical and recreational markets. The dispensary provides: • Detailed product labeling for medical transparency • Online ordering, curbside pickup, and delivery services • A curated product menu including small-batch cultivars Silver State Relief's longstanding presence has helped shape consumer expectations in Northern Nevada, and its operations remain focused on providing reliable, informative service. The Grove: Design-Focused Cannabis Retail in Las Vegas Known for its contemporary retail design and strategic location, The Grove offers a curated shopping experience for both local and visiting consumers. Its product inventory spans flower, edibles, and other cannabis products, accompanied by rotating promotions and flash sales. Key consumer programs include: •Cannabis product bundles (e.g., 4 for $50 or 8 for $80) • Cannabis beverage and other product pricing incentives • Loyalty program with exclusive rewards Open daily from 8:00 AM, The Grove also features mobile-optimized ordering for customer convenience. The company supports community involvement through event sponsorships and maintains a brand identity aligned with Las Vegas' cultural and visual aesthetics. Retail Innovation Shaping Nevada's Cannabis Landscape As the cannabis industry continues to expand in Nevada, dispensaries such as Pisos, Silver State Relief, and The Grove illustrate the potential for localized retail experiences that combine education, design, and community support. Their evolving models serve as indicators of broader shifts in consumer expectations and dispensary standards. Mark Ross Dispenza +1 702-420-7272 email us here Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Glasgow Times
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Watford's Grove Hotel balloon afternoon tea goes TikTok viral
Feast on Cloud 9 is described as an "immersive hot air balloon dining experience" that allows guests to "embark on a nostalgic culinary journey to the fairground". The event offers a choice of an afternoon tea, a champagne afternoon tea and a five-course tasting menu all inside the balloons. The summer event previously took place in 2024 and saw mass success, and ahead of its return for the 2025 season, it's gone viral on social media. Watford hot air balloon afternoon tea goes viral In a TikTok posted by gujulondoner, they shared The Grove's afternoon tea, describing it as a "dream". Showing off what the event had to offer, viewers of the TikTok were very impressed with one sharing: "This looks incredible", and another simply saying "stunning." Set outside, the hot air balloons line the river fountain and offer an impressive view of the hotel's gardens. The afternoon tea menu for Feast on Cloud 9 includes: Butterfly Pea Flower blue tea and savoury popcorn, a selection of finger sandwiches including cream cheese and cucumber and roast beef and gherkin ketchup, scones and a choice of sweet treats. The dinner at the hot air balloons is a foodies' dream, with guests enjoying duck liver pate, beef wellington with straw potatoes, toffee apple doughnut and roasted coconut mousse and chocolate cream with coconut chiffon sponge. The five-course tasting menu costs £75 per adult and £49.50 per child from 4 to 12, while the afternoon tea is £65 per adult and £39.50 from 4 to 12. There is also the option of a champagne afternoon tea, which is £80 per adult. You can book a meal at Feast on Cloud 9 via The Grove Hotel. Recommended Reading One fan of the unique event took to online review site Tripadvisor to share a five-star review, writing: "Feast on cloud nine afternoon tea was stunning. "Food was presented so lovely, and the staff could not have done more for you." Another happy guest said: "Four of us had afternoon tea in the balloons served by Feast on Cloud Nine, what a fabulous time in the sunshine with delicious sandwiches and cakes."
Boston Globe
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
The Ufot Family Cycle comes away with 18 Elliot Norton Award nominations
American Repertory Theater landed 19 nominations, including three in the new script category, for Kate Hamill's 'The Odyssey,' Martyna Majok's 'Gatsby,' and Ayodele Casele's 'Diary of a Tap Dancer.' They'll compete in that category against Zoë Kim's 'Did You Eat? (밥먹었니?),' as well as Udofia, who's nominated for 'The Grove.' Other companies earning multiple nominations for one show include SpeakEasy Stage, whose ' Advertisement The ceremony will also honor Kathy St. George with the 2025 Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence, for her body of work, including productions in Boston and on Broadway. She also appeared in Daigneault's 'A Man of No Importance.' For tickets to the ceremony and more information, visit Outstanding Play, Large 'The Grove,' The Huntington 'Leopoldstadt,' The Huntington in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company 'Sojourners,' The Huntington 'Toni Stone,' The Huntington 'The Winter's Tale,' Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Outstanding Play, Midsize 'Ain't No Mo',' SpeakEasy Stage and Front Porch Arts Collective 'Her Portmanteau,' Central Square Theater and Front Porch Arts Collective 'The Hombres,' Gloucester Stage and Teatro Chelsea 'The Piano Lesson,' Actors' Shakespeare Project 'Romeo and Juliet,' Actors' Shakespeare Project Outstanding Play, Small 'Did You Eat? (밥먹었니?)' CHUANG Stage and Seoulful Productions 'The Dybbuk,' Arlekin Players Theatre 'My Dinner With André,' Harbor Stage Company 'Tartuffe,' Hub Theatre Company of Boston 'Touching the Void,' Apollinaire Theatre Company Outstanding Musical 'Diary of a Tap Dancer,' American Repertory Theater 'Gatsby,' American Repertory Theater 'A Little Night Music,' Sullivan Rep 'A Man of No Importance,' SpeakEasy Stage 'Next to Normal,' Central Square Theater and Front Porch Arts Collective Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Large Jennifer Mogbock, 'Toni Stone,' The Huntington Nael Nacer, 'Leopoldstadt,' The Huntington in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company Joshua Olumide, 'The Grove,' The Huntington Advertisement Abigail C. Onwunali, 'The Grove,' The Huntington Abigail C. Onwunali, 'Sojourners,' The Huntington Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Midsize Jade Guerra, 'Her Portmanteau,' Central Square Theater and Front Porch Arts Collective Ricardo 'Ricky' Holguin, 'The Hombres,' Gloucester Stage and Teatro Chelsea Karen MacDonald, 'Pru Payne,' SpeakEasy Stage Bill Mootos, 'Network,' The Umbrella Stage Company Omar Robinson, 'The Piano Lesson,' Actors' Shakespeare Project Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, Small Andrey Burkovskiy, 'The Dybbuk,' Arlekin Players Theatre Sehnaz Dirik, 'The Lion in Winter,' Theater UnCorked Parker Jennings, 'Hedda Gabler,' Apollinaire Theatre Company Robert Kropf, 'My Dinner With André,' Harbor Stage Company Patrick O'Konis, 'Touching the Void,' Apollinaire Theatre Company Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, Large Asha Basha Duniani, 'Sojourners,' The Huntington Kate Hamill, 'The Odyssey,' American Repertory Theater Patrice Johnson Chevannes, 'The Grove,' The Huntington Joshua Olumide, 'Sojourners,' The Huntington Valyn Lyric Turner, 'The Grove,' The Huntington Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, Midsize Grant Evan, 'Ain't No Mo',' SpeakEasy Stage and Front Porch Arts Collective Arthur Gomez, 'The Hombres,' Gloucester Stage and Teatro Chelsea Anthony T Goss, 'The Piano Lesson,' Actors' Shakespeare Project Jade Guerra, 'The Piano Lesson,' Actors' Shakespeare Project 'ranney,' 'The Piano Lesson,' Actors' Shakespeare Project Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play, Small Lauren Elias, 'Tartuffe,' Hub Theatre Company of Boston Kody Grassett, 'Touching the Void,' Apollinaire Theatre Company Deb Martin, 'The Dybbuk,' Arlekin Players Theatre Brooks Reeves, 'Tartuffe,' Hub Theatre Company of Boston Laura Rocklyn, 'Tartuffe,' Hub Theatre Company of Boston Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical Ayodele Casel, 'Diary of a Tap Dancer,' American Repertory Theater Sherée Marcelle, 'Next to Normal,' Central Square Theater and Front Porch Arts Collective Advertisement Paul Melendy, 'The Drowsy Chaperone,' Lyric Stage Boston Jeremy Radin, 'Fiddler on the Roof,' North Shore Music Theatre Eddie Shields, 'A Man of No Importance,' SpeakEasy Stage Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical Cortlandt Barrett, 'Next to Normal,' Central Square Theater and Front Porch Arts Collective Diego Cintrón, 'Next to Normal,' Central Square Theater and Front Porch Arts Collective Aimee Doherty, 'A Man of No Importance,' SpeakEasy Stage Alaina Mills, 'Fiddler on the Roof,' North Shore Music Theatre Solea Pfeiffer, 'Gatsby,' American Repertory Theater Outstanding Musical Direction KB Bickford, 'Next to Normal,' Central Square Theater and Front Porch Arts Collective Wiley DeWeese and Kimberly Grigsby, 'Gatsby,' American Repertory Theater Milton Granger, 'Titanic,' North Shore Music Theatre Paul S. Katz, 'A Man of No Importance,' SpeakEasy Stage Jenny Tsai, 'A Little Night Music,' Sullivan Rep Outstanding Choreography Rachel Bertone, 'An American in Paris,' Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston Ayodele Casel, 'Diary of a Tap Dancer,' American Repertory Theater Larry Sousa, 'The Drowsy Chaperone,' Lyric Stage Boston Sonya Tayeh, 'Gatsby,' American Repertory Theater Ebony Williams, 'Toni Stone,' The Huntington Outstanding Director, Large Rachel Chavkin, 'Gatsby,' American Repertory Theater Kevin P. Hill, 'Titanic,' North Shore Music Theatre Carey Perloff, 'Leopoldstadt,' The Huntington in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company Dawn M. Simmons, 'Sojourners,' The Huntington Awoye Timpo, 'The Grove,' The Huntington Outstanding Director, Midsize Paul Daigneault, 'A Man of No Importance,' SpeakEasy Stage Christopher V. Edwards, 'The Piano Lesson,' Actors' Shakespeare Project Pascale Florestal, 'Next to Normal,' Central Square Theater and Front Porch Arts Collective Armando Rivera, 'The Hombres,' Gloucester Stage and Teatro Chelsea Dawn M. Simmons, 'Ain't No Mo',' SpeakEasy Stage and Front Porch Arts Collective Advertisement Outstanding Director, Small Bryn Boice, 'Tartuffe,' Hub Theatre Company of Boston Danielle Fauteux Jacques, 'Hedda Gabler,' Apollinaire Theatre Company Danielle Fauteux Jacques, 'Touching the Void,' Apollinaire Theatre Company Igor Golyak, 'The Dybbuk,' Arlekin Players Theatre Kiki Samko, 'Rosemary's Baby Jesus,' Gold Dust Orphans Outstanding Scenic Design, Large Jason Ardizzone-West, 'Sojourners,' The Huntington Jason Ardizzone-West, 'The Grove,' The Huntington Yuki Izumihara and Ken MacDonald, 'Leopoldstadt,' The Huntington in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company Junghyun Georgia Lee, 'The Triumph of Love,' The Huntington Mimi Lien, 'Gatsby,' American Repertory Theater Outstanding Scenic Design, Midsize or Small Justin Lahue, 'Tartuffe,' Hub Theatre Company of Boston Joseph Lark-Riley, 'Touching the Void,' Apollinaire Theatre Company Saskia Martinez, 'The SpongeBob Musical,' Wheelock Family Theatre Afsoon Pajoufar, 'Network,' The Umbrella Stage Company Jon Savage, 'The Piano Lesson,' Actors' Shakespeare Project Outstanding Lighting Design, Large Reza Behjat, 'The Grove,' The Huntington Alan C. Edwards, 'Gatsby,' American Repertory Theater Maximo Grano De Oro, 'The Winter's Tale,' Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, 'The Odyssey,' American Repertory Theater Robert Wierzel, 'Leopoldstadt,' The Huntington in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company Outstanding Lighting Design, Midsize or Small Jeff Adelberg, 'The Dybbuk,' Arlekin Players Theatre Isaak Olson, 'The Piano Lesson,' Actors' Shakespeare Project Karen Perlow, 'A Man of No Importance,' SpeakEasy Stage Deb Sullivan, 'Romeo and Juliet,' Actors' Shakespeare Project Lawrence A. Ware, 'The SpongeBob Musical,' Wheelock Family Theatre Outstanding Sound Design, Large Alex Berg, 'Titanic,' North Shore Music Theatre Michael Bodeen and Rob Milburn, 'The Grove,' The Huntington Lucas Clopton and Aubrey Dube, 'Toni Stone,' The Huntington Tony Gayle, 'Gatsby,' American Repertory Theater Sharath Patel, 'Diary of a Tap Dancer,' American Repertory Theater Outstanding Sound Design, Midsize or Small Advertisement Gage Baker and Peter DiMaggio, 'The SpongeBob Musical,' Wheelock Family Theatre Arshan Gailus, 'The Fig Tree, and the Phoenix, and the Desire to Be Reborn,' Boston Playwrights' Theatre Jesse Hinson, 'Romeo and Juliet,' Actors' Shakespeare Project Joseph Lark-Riley, 'Touching the Void,' Apollinaire Theatre Company Fedor Zhuravlev, 'The Dybbuk,' Arlekin Players Theatre Outstanding Costume Design, Large Fabian Fidel Aguilar, 'A Christmas Carol,' Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Alex Jaeger, 'Leopoldstadt,' The Huntington in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company Junghyun Georgia Lee, 'The Triumph of Love,' The Huntington Rachel Padula-Shufelt, 'The Winter's Tale,' Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Sandy Powell, 'Gatsby,' American Repertory Theater Outstanding Costume Design, Midsize or Small Sasha Ageeva, 'The Dybbuk,' Arlekin Players Theatre Seth Bodie, 'The Drowsy Chaperone,' Lyric Stage Boston Johnny Cagno and Brian Simons, 'South Pacific,' Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston Chloe Moore, 'The SpongeBob Musical,' Wheelock Family Theatre Rachel Padula-Shufelt, 'A Man of No Importance,' SpeakEasy Stage Outstanding Solo Performance GiGi Buddie, 'Where We Belong,' The Umbrella Stage Company Parker Jennings, 'Every Brilliant Thing,' Apollinaire Theatre Company Zoë Kim, 'Did You Eat? (밥먹었니?)' CHUANG Stage and Seoulful Productions Cristhian Mancinas-García, 'Cada Cosa Maravillosa,' Apollinaire Theatre Company Jenece Upton, 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill,' Merrimack Repertory Theatre Kathryn Van Meter, 'The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe,' Merrimack Repertory Theatre Outstanding New Script Ayodele Casel, 'Diary of a Tap Dancer,' American Repertory Theater Kate Hamill, 'The Odyssey,' American Repertory Theater Zoë Kim, 'Did You Eat? (밥먹었니?),' CHUANG Stage and Seoulful Productions Martyna Majok, 'Gatsby,' American Repertory Theater Mfoniso Udofia, 'The Grove,' The Huntington Outstanding Ensemble 'Ain't No Mo',' SpeakEasy Stage and Front Porch Arts Collective 'Diary of a Tap Dancer,' American Repertory Theater 'Fiddler on the Roof,' North Shore Music Theatre 'Leopoldstadt,' The Huntington in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company 'A Man of No Importance,' SpeakEasy Stage 'Next to Normal,' Central Square Theater and Front Porch Arts Collective 'The Piano Lesson,' Actors' Shakespeare Project 'Tartuffe,' Hub Theatre Company of Boston 'Titanic,' North Shore Music Theatre 'Toni Stone,' The Huntington Lisa Weidenfeld can be reached at
Chicago Tribune
28-03-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
Voters in Aurora area to weigh in on referendum questions during April 1 election
Voters in the Aurora area will cast ballots April 1 on a number of referendum questions. Kane County voters will be asked whether they support a 0.75% sales tax increase meant to boost funding for the county's public safety services. A sales tax increase of 0.75% means buyers would pay 75 cents more in tax on every $100 they spend on items covered by the tax in Kane County. The county has said there are exemptions for essential items like groceries and prescription medications, which are determined by Illinois tax law. Proponents said the referendum proposes a sales tax, rather than a property tax, so as to share costs with visitors to Kane County. According to the county, services that would receive revenue from the successful passage of the referendum question include the offices of the sheriff, state's attorney, public defender, coroner and circuit clerk; KaneComm 911; Public Health and the Office of Emergency Management. The proposed 0.75% sales tax hike is expected to generate upwards of $50 million annually, county officials have said. If voters don't approve the referendum question, the county would have to dip into its 90-day reserve funds to balance the 2026 budget, according to past reporting, provided spending remains about the same as 2025. That would leave the county with only about $8 million above the required 90-day reserves, Kane County Finance Director Kathleen Hopkinson has said. Another referendum question will be voted on by residents in Kaneland School District 302. They will decide whether to approve a $140 million bond issue for infrastructure and facility needs at all campuses across the district. Voters in 2023 rejected a $57.5 million bond issue to make improvements to Kaneland High School, which was originally built in 1958. The school board decided for this referendum on a 'comprehensive plan' to address 'critical infrastructure needs' on all campuses rather than just focus on the high school, officials said. The 'guiding principles' for a more comprehensive referendum question were critical infrastructure needs, safety concerns, long-term needs, fiscal responsibility and more, according to board documents. The referendum question — the last one was passed 17 years ago — is asking for the issuing of bonds in the amount of $140,274,000, which would restructure and extend the district's current loan, but unlike the failed 2023 referendum, would not raise taxes, officials have said. In Sugar Grove, a non-binding referendum question on the April 1 ballot will provide residents an opportunity to express their support or opposition to the controversial Crown Community Development project called The Grove planned at Interstate 88 and Route 47. The project, approved by the village in 2024, is a 760-acre mixed-use development planned to include nearly 400 acres of residential properties, over 120 acres of commercial development and about 240 acres for a business park, according to past reporting. According to its website, the project could hold as many as 1,500 residential units.
Chicago Tribune
28-02-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
Kaneland School District considers legal action against Sugar Grove over development project's TIF district
Kaneland School District 302 may pursue legal action against the village of Sugar Grove to challenge the tax increment financing district planned for the controversial Crown Community Development project at Interstate 88 and Route 47. In the latest backlash to Crown Community Development's 760-acre mixed-use project called The Grove, Kaneland is opposing the development on the grounds that it is being built in a tax increment financing, or TIF, district will limit property tax revenue to the school district. In a TIF district, property taxes from the new development do not go to taxing bodies as they typically do. Rather, the extra or 'increment' taxes created by the development of the property go into a special fund used to pay for costs related to improving the area. It's meant to serve as an economic development incentive. According to an original proposal, 10% of the TIF funds were to go to the village for any improvements it needs to make in the area, but in August, Sugar Grove Village President Jennifer Konen said that Crown had agreed to give another 10% of the funds to be distributed among the other taxing bodies, which could amount to $37 million over the TIF district's 23-year lifespan, according to past reporting. Kaneland is expected to get $26 million of those funds. The original agreement also included payments from TIF district funds to offset the cost of schooling for students living in TIF-supported housing. Kaneland began negotiations with Sugar Grove, the entity that would be disbursing the TIF funds, to create an intergovernmental agreement about the TIF district, according to documents from the school board's Jan. 13 meeting. A final draft of the agreement was presented to the school board in January. It included the stipulation about an additional 10% of TIF funds being allocated to taxing bodies, among other provisions. Now, not satisfied with the terms of the proposed intergovernmental agreement, the school district is considering a new approach: taking legal action against Sugar Grove over the TIF district. 'We're looking at the … both short-term and long-term health of our district,' Kaneland Superintendent Kurt Rohlwing told The Beacon-News on Thursday. 'The health of our district dictates the experience and the education we're able to provide the students of Kaneland. And so, we don't believe that what is proposed is in the best interest' of the school district. Rohlwing characterized the proposed intergovernmental agreement as the village's 'last best offer,' and said legal action was the next possible avenue. On Monday, Kaneland's school board authorized its legal counsel, boutique K-12 education law firm Kriha Boucek, to draft a complaint. While any official legal action must be first approved by the school board, Rohlwing said, this move is the district's latest attempt to fight the TIF district. The Grove is a proposed 760-acre mixed-use development, commonly referred to as the Crown development in reference to its developer, the Naperville-based Crown Community Development, according to past reporting. The developer, through a subsidiary, owns the site of the planned development and 23-year TIF district, located at the intersection of Interstate 88 and Route 47. Plans for the development include nearly 400 acres of residential properties, over 120 acres of commercial development and about 240 acres for a business park, according to past reporting. According to its website, the project could hold as many as 1,500 residential units. As public discussions over the project took place over months and the proposal drew substantial community criticism, a Joint Review Board formed by the village of Sugar Grove reviewed the proposed TIF district and its financial impact on the area in May. It ultimately made no recommendation to the Sugar Grove Village Board. According to a document from the Kaneland superintendent presented to the school board with a timeline of the district's position on the development's TIF impact, the district's legal representation recommended that the district abstain from voting for or against the TIF district at the Joint Review Board meeting, so as to 'allow ease in working with the village of Sugar Grove and allow for more concessions to be given.' Kaneland abstained in the May vote. Despite months of public opposition, however, the Sugar Grove Village Board voted in September to allow the Crown project to move forward. Residents opposing the project have said previously that the development will burden the taxing bodies such as school districts that will have to provide services to the residents and businesses the project draws in without receiving the additional tax revenue the development would ordinarily bring in due to the TIF district, according to past reporting. 'The interest of the (Kaneland) district is intertwined with the interests of our homeowners,' Rohlwing said on Thursday. 'The additional revenue not only … would allow us to provide better facilities, better educational opportunities and experiences for our students, it also would provide us a possible way to alleviate the tax rate on individual homeowners,' saying that, were the development not in a TIF district, commercial and retail properties from the project would provide a greater share of tax money to taxing bodies. Crown Community Development's Jennifer Cowan previously said their goal was to begin work on the site in fall 2025, completing engineering on the first part of the project and obtaining the necessary permits before then. The first lots for the development are expected to be sold and builders are set to start constructing houses sometime in 2026, according to past reporting. The public relations firm representing Crown Community Development did not respond to The Beacon-News' request for comment on Friday. But, even after the Sugar Grove Village Board's approval of the development in September, public opposition has continued. A non-binding referendum on the April 1 ballot will provide residents another opportunity to express their support or opposition to the project. And Kaneland, for its part, is one entity making a final effort to oppose the current TIF plan, and the terms of the intergovernmental agreement with Sugar Grove. 'If they want this incentive, then they need to, the way I see it, they need to invest money back into the community,' Kaneland board president Addam Gonzales said at Monday's meeting. 'And we are nowhere near what my expectations would be for that.' Should the school board approve the legal complaint, which would need to identify the defects in the TIF district, the complaint would then be filed in Kane County Circuit Court, an attorney from Kriha Boucek told the board on Monday. But it could take years to make its way through the courts. Despite the possibility of a legal battle, Sugar Grove, however, does not seem to be going back on its plan for the development or the TIF district. 'While I respect the Kaneland school board's decision and understand their concerns, I stand by the Village Board's approval of the project,' Sugar Grove Village President Jennifer Konen said in a statement to The Beacon-News on Thursday. 'This project creates opportunities for families, children and local businesses while strengthening our tax base and ensuring long-term, sustainable growth that benefits homeowners and the entire community.' But Kaneland doesn't appear to be backing down, either. The school board noted Monday that, since the district is one of the largest taxing bodies affected by the TIF district, they need to be the entity to take the lead in opposing it. 'Who else can fight the village, right?,' school board member Aaron Lawler said. 'I mean, the fire district probably can't, the library district probably can't, the park district probably can't. So it falls on our shoulders.'
