FAITH BARGAINING.
>> WE'RE HEADED TO THE SUBURBS
NOW AND SO ARE MANY OF YOU IF
HOUSING SALES ARE AN GAIT
INDICATOR.
FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES" SERIES
AMANDA VINICKY SPENT THE DAY IN
SUBURBAN LISLE.
AMANDA JOINS US FROM THE MORTON
ARBORETUM.
>> BRANDIS, HOUSES ARE HOT IN
THE WESTERN SUBURBS INCLUDING IN
LISLE WHICH IS NEAR A METRA STOP
AND 355 AND I88.
THE MAYOR CHRIS PECAK WON
REELECTION AND HE IS STAYING
PUT.
>> LISLE IS THE BEST OF
EVERYTHING.
IT'S SMALL ENOUGH THAT YOU KNOW
EVERYBODY AROUND TOWN.
IT'S BIG ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN
FIND WHATEVER YOU NEED WITHIN
THE VICINITY.
IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN
WORK THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGOLAND
AREA.
>> NOW, REALTOR AND BROKER
DEBBIE PAWLOWICZ IS WITNESSING
THAT STAMPEDE TO THE SUBURBS
FIRSTHAND.
CITY DWELLERS WHO SPENT THE
PANDEMIC WORKING REMOTELY
REALIZED THEY CAN LIVE ANYWHERE.
WHY NOT HAVE SOMEPLACE WHERE
THEY CAN SPREAD OUT AND HAVE
MORE SPACE AND A YARD EVEN.
AND RECORD LOW INTEREST RATES
DEBBIE PAWLOWICZ SAYS THINGS GOT
BUSY IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR AND
HAVEN'T SLOWED DOWN.
>> SO WE IMMEDIATELY HAD THIS
FLORENCESYED MARKETS PEOPLE WERE
FALLING OVER THEMSELVES TO GET
HOUSES WHEN YOU COULD SEE THE
CRAZY OFFERS AND CONTINGENCIES
BEING WAIVED AND PEOPLE SELLING
THEIR SOULS TO GET SOME HOMES.
>> SHE SAYS THAT SOME HOMES ARE
GETTING 10 OFFERS AND ONLY ONE
BUYER CAN GET THE HOUSE THAT
MEANS YOU GOT NINE PEOPLE STILL
LOOKING.
ROSEMARY GALLAWAY IS ON THE
OPPOSITE END HER FAMILY HAD BEEN
PLANNING TO SELL THE HOUSE AND
MOVE OUT OF STATE NEXT YEAR
AFTER THE DAUGHTER FINISHED HIGH
SCHOOL.
THEY SOLD THIS SPRING.
THEY JUST CLOSED LAST WEEK.
>> IT WASN'T VERY EMOTIONAL
DISCUSSION AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU
ARE IN A HOME FOR 20 YEARS THERE
IS A LOT OF MEMORIES, THERE IS A
LOT OF HISTORY AND IT'S HARD TO
LEAVE.
BUT AS A FAMILY WE DECIDED THIS
IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO DO AND
WE FELT IF WE ARE GOING TO DO IT
IT WOULD BE THE BEST TIME TO DO
IT.
>> THE GALLAWAYS ARE LIVING IN
AN APARTMENT IN LISLE WHILE
THEIR DREAM HOME IS BUILT.
SHE IS HOPING THAT THAT HIGHER
SELLING PRICE OF THEIR LISLE
HOME WILL EVEN THINGS OUT
BECAUSE THE PRICE OF LUMBER IS
UP, TOO.
SO MUCH SO THAT THAT HOME BUILD
IS COSTING $75 MORE A
SQUARE-FOOT THAN THE ESTIMATE.
THE PANDEMIC HAS BROUGHT ABOUT A
SHORTAGE OF STEEL AND LABOR
NOTICED BY THE OWNER OF THE
NORTH AMERICA PIZZA AND ACADEMY
AND THAT IS BASED IN LISLE.
>> NOW, SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL
MADE WITH STEEL HUGE STEEL
SHORTAGE.
THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME
KEEPING UP.
DEMAND IS HUGE.
EVERYONE IS STAYING AT HOME
STILL AND THEY ARE DOING THEIR
BACKYARDS UP AND EVERYBODY WANTS
A PIZZA OVEN IN THE BACKYARD.
>> YOU CAN LEARN TO MAKE PIZZA
AT THE ACADEMY.
THE BUSINESS IS APPROACHING ITS
THIRD YEAR AND THE PANDEMIC HAS
BEEN TOUGH BECAUSE BUSINESSES
STOPPED HOLDING CORPORATE
DEVELOPMENT PIZZA WORKSHOPS.
THEN AGAIN PIZZA HAS BEEN A
POPULAR PANDEMIC MEAL AND THAT
HAS HELPED.
THE ACADEMY DOES CONSULTING WITH
RESTAURANTS THEY ARE WORKING
WITH A SWEDISH ONE THAT WANTS TO
PUT A SPIN ON PIZZA DOUGH AND
THE ACADEMY CAN DO THAT FROM
THEIR TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED
DOUGH ROOM.
MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO OUT
TO EAT BUT YOU ARE SICK OF THE
HASSLE AND CLEAN UP OF COVID
COOKING.
THAT IS WHERE DINNER READY COMES
IN.
THE MENU IS EVER ROTATING TO
KEEP THINGS FRESH FOR CUSTOMERS
AND FOR CHEF AND OWNER CHRIS
MARKS WHO OPENED IN APRIL AND
HOPES AS PEOPLE GET BACK TO POST
PANDEMIC LIFE THEY FIND HIS
MEALS AS CONVENIENT NOW AS THEY
HAVE BEEN.
>> THE PANDEMIC PROBABLY HELPED
US TO START OFF WITH.
AS FAR AS PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO
GET OUT THERE AND HAVE THE
CUISINES THEY LOVE.
THEY COULD BRING IT HOME.
AND THEY COULD GET ALL THE
FLAVOR THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AND
THE SEASONINGS AND THEY DON'T
HAVE TO GO TO A DINING ROOM AND
TIP THE WAITER, PAY FOR PARKING,
WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE AND
THEY CAN HAVE THAT CUISINE IN
THEIR HOME.
>> ALSO RELATIVELY NEW TO LISLE,
A NEW PARK DISTRICT PLAYGROUND
BUT THIS IS BUILT TO BE
INCLUSIVE OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
AND ABILITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT HAS SLIDES THAT
HAVE DIFFERENT TEXTURES FOR
THOSE WITH SENSORY ISSUES AND
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT DESIGNED
FOR SOMEBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR.
>> BASED ON YOUR ABILITIES YOU
ARE ABLE 0 ACCESS THE PLAYGROUND
AND THERE'S MORE DETAIL.
IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT TO THE TOP
THERE'S FEATURES IN THE BOTTOM.
IT JUST FACILITATES AND FOSTERS
FUN AND SAFE PLAY FOR EVERYONE.
>> WHILE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO
ENJOY THE PARK FOR THE LAST
YEAR, OF THE PANDEMIC, LAST
SUMMER, THE PARK DISTRICT POOL
WAS CLOSED.
NOT ANYMORE AND IT WAS HOT TODAY
AND I WAS READY TO TAKE A DIP.
EVEN SO THE WATER SLIDES IN SOME
OF THE OTHER POOL EQUIPMENT ARE
NOT OPEN AND THAT IS DUE TO
COVID BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR A
REASON THAT YOU MAY ASSUME.
RATHER IT IS BECAUSE PARK
DISTRICT PROGRAMS HAD TO BE
CANCELED LAST SUMMER THROUGHOUT
THE PANDEMIC THEY ARE BACK ON
NOW.
THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THAT
REVENUES ARE DOWN SO KEEPING
SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT SHUTOFF,
THAT IS A MONEY SAVING VENTURE.
ALL IN ALL LISLE HAS FARED WELL
THROUGHOUT COVID.
THE MAYOR SAYS THAT THE LATEST
REPORT OF SALES TAX RECEIPTS
FROM MARCH AND THAT WAS LISLE'S
THIRD HIGHEST GROSSING MONTH.
DECEMBER THE FIFTH HIGHEST EVER
IN LISLE HELPED BY SPECIAL
PROGRAMS LIKE EXPANDED OUTDOOR
DINING AND THERE IS AN EXCEPTION
TO THAT, HOWEVER, LISLE HAS
SEVERAL HOTELS AND THOSE HAVE
BEEN STRUGGLING.
SPEAKING OF COMEBACKS, HOWEVER
BECAUSE THE MAYOR IS HOPING THE
HOTELS MAKE ONE, LISLE IS GOING
TO BE HOSTING ITS TRADITIONAL
FOURTH OF JULY PARADE COMING UP.
IT WAS CANCELED LAST YEAR AT
LEAST MOSTLY.
THE MAYOR SAYS THAT LYLE DIDN'T
WANT TO NOT --
LISLE DID NOT WANT TO
COMMEMORATE ANY HOLIDAY THEY
HELD CONVOYS.
INSTEAD OF PEOPLE GOING TO THE