Joliet Neighbors Fight Against Planned Pawn Shop, Gold-Buying Store
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) -- A battle over the possible a proposed pawn shop and gold-buying store could reach a boiling point Thursday afternoon in Joliet.
As WBBM Newsradio's Bernie Tafoya reports, the two establishments are seeking to open on Collins Street in Joliet. But a residents' group plans to attend the Joliet Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in opposition to the shops, the Joliet Herald-News reports.
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Collins Street Neighborhood Council president Amy Sanchez tells the Herald-News that residents do not one the stores in their community. This is especially because the pawn shop, for one, would be located near Joliet Central High School, the newspaper reported.
Sanchez tells the newspaper she does not want students or the community to be comfortable with the kind of lending a pawn shop provides.
CashAmerica, the pawn shop company looking to open a Collins Avenue store, had planned for a store on Jefferson Street in Joliet about a year ago, but neighborhood opposition halted that plan, the Herald-News reported.
