When Provena Health abandoned its headquarters in the seven-story Executive Centre in downtown in 2002, it was the community’s idea to convert it into a library. Less than a year after the renovations started, the Kankakee Public Library moved from a dilapidated 105-year-old building into a sophisticated showplace that extended over three floors.

This new public library had become the cultural hub of the city, crucial to its downtown revitalization. A new bank and a satellite university campus have already been completed and a park with a water fountain is on the way. (Mr. Letterman’s gazebos are still in use.) “It all started with the library,” Mayor Green said. “I can’t tell you how proud that makes our community.”

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Joe and Scott Franco are certainly peristant. After nearly a year of negotiations they were able to announce that Governors State University will be the latest tenant to locate in the Clock Tower Centre.

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HomeStar Bank is the latest financial institution to invest in downtown Kankakee.

As a sign on the historic Clock Tower Centre shows, the bank opened a branch at South Schuyler Avenue and Merchant Street.

Joseph Franco, the building’s developer, said HomeStar’s decision was likely to have been spurred by the recent announcement that Governors State University would be holding classes at that location.

HomeStar Bank President and Chief Operating Officer Patrick Martin said that based on customer surveys, the bank had been looking for a downtown location for about two years. Had the Clock Tower project not come to fruition, HomeStar still would have found a place in Kankakee, he said.

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The law firm of LaBeau, Dietchweiler, Capriotti and Dunn have recently relocated their offices to the Executive Centre, 200 East Court Street, Suite 700, Kankakee, Illinois 60901.

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Roger A. Benson, Attorney at Law, has recently relocated his law firm to the Executive Centre, 200 East Court Street, Suite 700, Kankakee, Illinois 60901.

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Heritage Development & Construction, Inc. completes the initial phase of restoration for Clock Tower Centre. On Friday March 4, 2005, four tenants moved into their newly remodeled offices on the fourth floor of Clock Tower Centre. The initial phase of construction also included the completion of two new handicap accessible restrooms on the first floor.

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Heritage Development & Construction, Inc., has recently purchased the Arcade Building located at 187 South Schuyler Avenue, Kankakee, Illinois.

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