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🌱 Jacksonville's Opportunity Zone gets another decade

Jacksonville, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min read

Morning Jacksonville! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Jacksonville's Opportunity Zone gets another decade
  • Remembering Monsignor Leo Enlow and his Jacksonville ministry
  • Remembering longtime educator Gordon E. Sansom

Also on today's calendar: The Holiday Social at Chapter II and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler; a stray a.m. t-shower, with a high of 61 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 48, low: 29.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 45 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Opportunity Zone Approved, Again for Jacksonville (wlds.com) — Parts of Jacksonville will retain their Opportunity Zone designation for another 10 years, extending investment incentives used in downtown development. City consultant Greg Sutton says Gov. JB Pritzker renewed the zone last month, and the program will also support a housing development on the city's southwest side.
   

2. Rev. Monsignor Leo Joseph Enlow, Jr. (whig.com) — Monsignor Leo Joseph Enlow Jr., whose first priestly assignment brought him to Jacksonville's Our Savior Catholic Church, died Nov. 1 in Quincy at 77. While serving in Jacksonville, he studied American Sign Language at Gallaudet University and became certified to serve as chaplain at the local school for the deaf.
   

3. Jacksonville, IL (whig.com) — Gordon E. Sansom, a longtime western Illinois educator who led Pleasant Hill schools from 1970 to 1992, died Nov. 4 at a Jacksonville memory care home. He was 91. His career continued after retirement through interim superintendent roles in several communities, including Virginia and Greenfield.
   

4. Orphans meet SH-G in quarterfinal game (morningsentinel.com) — Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin heads to Centralia for a Class 4A football quarterfinal at 2 p.m. Saturday, with a semifinal berth at stake. The Cyclones are 10-1, and Centralia coach Brad Goewey says containing their running game and mobile quarterback Cam Brinkman will be crucial.
   

5. Thomas Tendick (–2026) of Cottage Hills, IL (riverbender.com) — Thomas “Tom” James Tendick, a Murrayville native who married Betty Raftopoulos in Jacksonville in 1967, died November 4 at his Cottage Hills home at 79. They shared 59 years of marriage and raised three children. Tendick spent more than 38 years with the company that became Henkel, advancing from maintenance mechanic to licensed engineer.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Jacksonville

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