As we begin to prepare the 2018-2019 budget for the Village, all the good things that happened in 2017 come to mind. New business growth and recent opportunities will improve our revenue streams and allow us to maintain a sound financial status.
Business continues to grow in Orland Hills as construction continues on the new International Kia dealer that is rehabbing the former car lot and showroom on 159th Street at 88th Avenue. They will be selling Kia automobiles in early spring. Starting at the Orland Town center, Aldi Foods is enlarging their store to add additional refrigerated and frozen food units. WALMART continues to expand with new online ordering and pickup services for food and dry goods.
The Orland Hills WALMART now serves as a six-state training center for store managers and departmental staff after adding a 3,000 square foot addition to our store. The addition at the backend of the store is a high-tech, state-of-the-art facility with several classrooms and a large lecture arena that can serve 200 trainees simultaneously with individual computer tablets. “Training workers is the fundamental condition for sustaining a qualified and well prepared, work force. We are extremely pleased that WALMART has chosen Orland Hills for employee training to lead the retail industry in the Midwest Region”, said Mayor Hastings as he attended and spoke to over 200 WALMART managers at the ribbon-cutting ceremony in September.