The Streator City Council met on Tuesday night for a special meeting where they approved demolition to three residential properties.
The abandoned, battered former homes at 525 Montgomery St., 511 S Vermillion St., and 1011 Riverside Ave. set to be demo’d as soon as the end of this month.
The work is all part of Streator’s 2025 demolition project, which targets unsafe buildings in the city.
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City Engineer Jeremy Palm said Kleckner Excavating Inc. submitted the lowest responsible bid of six received during the Aug. 1 bid opening.
According to city documents, funding includes $42,000 from the Strong Communities Grant, which officials said made it possible to proceed with all three demolitions.
“Without that (Strong Communities) grant, we wouldn’t be able to do all three of these, so it’s working out well so far,” Palm said.
Palm expects work to begin shortly and be completed by the end of the month.
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