This is great news for the Village of Hoffman Estates!

You can never be too prepared! – A new emergency alert system has been rolled out for Hoffman Estates courtesy of the Everbridge Mass Emergency Notification System.

This system is designed to provide essential information quickly in a variety of emergency situations (lost children, evacuations, important police and fire activities). The system can also improve public awareness in non-emergencies, such as Village events, road closures and special services.

If an emergency occured, the village officials can notify residents in a matter of minutes. The system delivers messages across all communication platforms, including cell and landline phone numbers, e-mail addresses, instant messaging, fax, personal data assistants (PDAs), and pagers listed within the system. If phone lines are busy, the system will redial a predetermined number of times to make contact. If an answering machine picks up the call, an emergency message will be left on the machine. If the telephone rings without an answer (after a predetermined number of attempts), the system will use the next contact path that has been supplied by each resident. The system is currently loaded with every listed landline phone number from existing 9-1-1 data.

This is great news and I am sure it will prove useful. Also, I have to mention that the Village will never share or distribute your personal information, unless required to do so by law. If you live in Hoffman Estates, click here to register your information.

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This plan was originally agreed upon in September, and the arena’s original owners, MadKatStep, started foreclosure proceedings on the property this last fall. 

The Village of Hoffman Estates IL Takes Over Sears Centre (photo courtesy of juliesjournal at flickr.com)

The Village of Hoffman Estates IL has agreed to take over the financially troubled Sears Centre at the end of the year.

Hoffman Estates Village also has contracted Global Spectrum of Philadelphia to run the arena’s operations to make sure that early January events stay on track.  This agreement will keep the arena open and operating, and will expect to break even in 2011, and eventually bring a profit to the Village of Hoffman Estates IL by 2012. 

This is good news as the Sears Centre provides entertainment and other events to area residents. 

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Christmas Community Actvities in Hoffman Estates IL (photo courtesy of prudencebrown on flickr.com)

This weekend of shopping and Christmas community activities in Hoffman Estates IL is sure to be a busy one with Christmas right around the corner.

On Saturday, December 19th from 9AM-11:45AM at the Hoffman Estates Community Center and Ice Arena, the Hoffman Estates Park District is hosting an ice skate with Santa and friends. 

The entire family is invited to visit with Santa on the ice from 10AM-10:30AM and then in the party room for pictures.  Remember to bring your cameras!  Let the holiday season continue with joy at this fun and free Christmas Hoffman Estates IL community event.

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Hoffman Estates IL Real Estate Outlook

For the week ending November 25th, the Hoffman Estates IL real estate outlook is still considered the perfect buyer’s market.  The average listing price in Hoffman Estates IL is $275,226 which is down 0.8% or $2,191 compared to the prior week. 

The median sales price is $222,000 and is down from the same period last year 20.7% or $58,000.  Currently there are 321 Hoffman Estates IL homes for sale with 306 of those homes for sale in some step of the foreclosure process. 

Home sales has increased 23% which means that many Hoffman Estates IL homes for sale won’t stick around forever. 

Joe Stacy, a Hoffman Estates IL realtor, can help new Hoffman Estates IL home buyers find their perfect home.  Joe Stacy can be reached at (847) 874-6731 or by email to set up a Hoffman Estates IL property showing.

A NW Suburban IL Real Estate Professional

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Joe Stacy has been in the Northwest Suburban real estate market for quite a while and knows the ins and outs of selling or buying real estate.  Joe Stacy’s areas of expertise are the following:

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Playing Children Statue (photo courtesy of jennlynndesign at flickr.com)

The Edwin Frank Children’s Memorial was dedicated outside the Hoffman Estate’s IL Village Hall this last Saturday.  This memorial features names of local children who have died on bricks as well as children statutes. 

The Village of Hoffman Estates was very excited to erect this monument after five years of work and planning in remembrance of community members who have lost children who attended school in Hoffman Estates or lived in this close knit village if they were under school age. 

Dedication bricks are still available at the Village of Hoffman Estates town hall. 

Joe Stacy, a Hoffman Estates realtor, can help you relocate to this western Chicago suburb or show you Hoffman Estates IL real estate for sale.  Joe Stacy can be reached at (847) 874-6731 or by email to set up a Hoffman Estates property showing.

Hoffman Estates Tree Lighting Ceremony (photo courtesy of puntopili on flickr.com)

On Saturday, November 21 at 4:30pm, the Village of Hoffman Estates’ annual Friendship Tree-Lighting Ceremony will be held in front of the main entrance of Village Hall. 

The 3rd annual event with a living tree will be attended by Mayor William McLeod and other various members of the community.  Santa will be escorted to the event on a fire truck and will be available for children’s visits. 

The Noteables, a local singing group, will be providing entertainment as well as a fireworks display.  Donations of canned goods or personal toiletry items will be accepted to replenish the Township food pantries at Village Hall until December 4th. 

Joe Stacy, a Hoffman Estates realtor, can tell you more about Hoffman Estates IL community events or Hoffman Estates IL real estate available. 

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This last Wednesday, the Senate approved an extended and expanded tax credit for home buyers. The First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit has been seen by many in the past years as a huge success nationwide and throughout Illinois. Its expiration on November 30 had many in the Chicago-land real estate industry feeling nervous about how that would affect the real estate industry as a whole. 

Luckily, those fears can now be put aside.  While the bill still has to pass through the House, which it is expected to do next week, is was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate in a 98-0 vote.

The new and improved tax credit is still for first time home buyers and will include:

• home buyers who have owned their current home for 5 years or more
• a credit increase up to $6,500 for current homeowners of 5 or more years
• the $8,000 credit will remain the same for first time home buyers, or home buyers who have not owned a home in the past three years
• an income restricted tax credit, regulating individuals that make more that $125,000 annually and couples that make more than $225,000 jointly
• the new home must be a primary residence and valued at $800,000 or less
• the property must be under contract to purchase by April 30, 2010
• the property must close by June 30, 2010.

The passing of this new and improved tax credit is good news on the Northwest Suburban home sales front and is expected to be the last tax credit offered for a long time to come. 

Joe Stacy, a Northwest Suburban realtor, can help you find the perfect Bartlett IL home, Schaumburg IL home, or Hoffman Estates IL home to take advantage of the new and expanded tax credit for home buyers.

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