The Orland Park Village Board has voted to table a decision on a proposed Goodwill Store and Donation Center because of concerns that donated items may stack up outside when the store is closed.
The board referred the proposal back to the Community Development Committee, asking members to contact other municipalities in the Chicago area where Goodwill stores are located to see if piled-up donations are a problem.
Goodwill Industries operates more than 20 Goodwill stores in the Chicago area, including sites in Naperville and Batavia, according to Gregory Andre, an attorney with Bell, Boyd and Lloyd of Chicago, representing Goodwill Industries.
The proposed 84,500-square-foot, one-story building would be on 2 1/2 acres behind Boston Market, just west of Home Depot at 159th Street and Harlem Avenue.
If approved, the store would offer a drive-through donation center and a retail store selling second-hand items and new merchandise.
Residents who live near the proposed site have objected that a second-hand store is out of character for Orland Park.
The next Community Development and Building Committee meeting will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 24.
