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File #: 25-3964    Version: 1 Name: Ferrara Candy Company
Type: Resolution (Class 6B) SER Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/30/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 10/23/2025 Final action:
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION Ferrara Candy Company CLASS 6B SUSTAINABLE EMERGENCY RELIEF (SER) WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b Sustainable Emergency Relief (SER) application containing the following information: Applicant: Ferrara Candy Company Address: 3000 W Washington Blvd., Bellwood, Illinois Length of time at current location: 19 years Length of time property under same ownership: Eight (8) years Is there evidence supporting 10 years of the same ownership and/or occupancy (tenancy): Yes Age of the Property (Building): 43 years Municipality or Unincorporated Township: Proviso Cook County District: 1st District Permanent Index Number(s): 15-09-400-063-0000 and 15-09-400-064-0000 Municipal Resolution Number: Village of Bellwood, Resolution No. 25-34 Evidence of Economic Hardship: Yes Number of blighting factors associated with the property: There are six (6) blighting fa...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), TARA S. STAMPS
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

Ferrara Candy Company CLASS 6B SUSTAINABLE EMERGENCY RELIEF (SER)

WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b Sustainable Emergency Relief (SER) application containing the following information:

Applicant: Ferrara Candy Company

Address: 3000 W Washington Blvd., Bellwood, Illinois

Length of time at current location: 19 years

Length of time property under same ownership: Eight (8) years

Is there evidence supporting 10 years of the same ownership and/or occupancy (tenancy): Yes

Age of the Property (Building): 43 years

Municipality or Unincorporated Township: Proviso

Cook County District: 1st District

Permanent Index Number(s): 15-09-400-063-0000 and 15-09-400-064-0000

Municipal Resolution Number: Village of Bellwood, Resolution No. 25-34

Evidence of Economic Hardship: Yes

Number of blighting factors associated with the property: There are six (6) blighting factors Dilapidation, Deterioration, Obsolescence, Lack of Ventilation, Excessive Land Coverage and Inadequate Utilities

Has justification for the Class 6b SER program been provided?: Yes

Proposed use of property: Industrial - Manufacturing: Industrial use - warehousing, manufacturing, and/or distribution

Living Wage Ordinance Compliance Affidavit Provided: Yes

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b Sustainable Emergency Relief (SER) that provides an applicant a reduction in the assessment level for a long-term existing industrial enterprise that meets the qualifications of the SER program ; and

WHEREAS, the Cook County Classification System for Assessment requires that an applicant under the Class 6b SER program provide evidence justifying their participation in the subject program; and

WHEREAS, Class 6b SER requires a resolution by the County Board validating the property for the purpose of the Class 6...

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