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The Joliet City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved taking the next step toward getting a National Register Historic District nomination for the Old Joliet Prison.
The council voted to spend a $35,000 grant it received from the National Park Service to hire Chicago-based Ramsey Historic Consultant Inc., to prepare the National Register Historic District nomination for the Illinois State Penitentiary – Joliet (later renamed Joliet Correctional Center, commonly known as the “Old Joliet Prison”).

Demolish or redevelop? That is the question for Will County board members to consider when it comes to the now-vacant, more than 50-year-old Will County Courthouse in Joliet’s downtown. The board was set to consider a timeline for demolition of the old courthouse building at 100 W. Jefferson Street at its meeting scheduled for Jan. 20. However, that has now been changed due to a proposal being floated to redevelop the old courthouse, which is near the new $215 million courthouse, which opened in 2020 and was built on the former First Midwest Bank site, on the southwest corner of Ottawa and Jefferson streets. A partnership has been formed and a proposal submitted to the county board to consider a public-private redevelopment of the old courthouse building.

The Will County Center for Community Concerns is offering a limited number of $1,000 scholarships to income-eligible residents of Will County. Scholarship funding is provided by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Community Service Block Grant.

The rolling seven-day test positivity rate for Will County hit 21.9 percent on Dec. 30, according to Will County Health Department Spokesman Matthew Bedore. The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 125,375 COVID cases for Will County, 1,184 more cases than what was was reported on Monday.

The Joliet City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved taking the next step toward getting a National Register Historic District nomination for the Old Joliet Prison.