A new municipal garage
Residents were invited to the open house festivities and a tour of the new municipal garage on Nov. 5, 1972. The new municipal garage consolidated Public Works, Public Property and Health & Safety. Through a cooperative agreement between Acme Resin and the village of Forest Park, land ownership was shifted, making room for the garage. Forest Park vacated the east half of Hannah between 14th and 15th streets, then traded a portion of the area plus 14th from Circle to Hannah to Acme Resin for property adjacent to Hannah. The new property gave the village a 222 x 113 square foot lot, triple in size of the old garage at Madison, which was sold to Peaslee Hardware for $60,000. The revenue was used to construct the modern garage which, after bidding, the village built on its own at a considerable savings.
Mayor Mohr commended the project by saying, “Bill McKenzie, Building Commissioner Edward Masso, Project Job Foreman George Eck, and Tom Misiano of the Public Property Department have all worked long and hard to achieve this accomplishment for Forest Park. Their diligence has provided a great conservation of tax dollars while bringing improved service facilities to the public.”
Jill Wagner