A nearly $3.4 million federal grant for Calumet City will help businesses such as HB Taylor Co.
The manufacturer of food and beverage ingredients and flavorings has a factory near Chicago’s Midway Airport and has established a warehouse and distribution facility in Calumet City’s Riverside Drive Industrial Park.
Calumet City plans to use the grant money to improve streets as well as water and sewer lines in the industrial park, which will ultimately help HB Taylor’s expansion, said Martin Ives, the company’s vice president and general manager. The company owns eight acres in the industrial park, but much of it has poor drainage which needs to be addressed before an expansion can take place, he said…Please click here to read Mike Nolan’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.