Coal City: City gives incentives for Berkot's expansion

COAL CITY -Two agreements, signed and sealed Monday evening by the Coal City Village Council, may help make life healthier and more bountiful for residents. One agreement provides for expansion of the village's lone grocery store to 30,000 square feet. “The grocery store is currently not large enough to meet the community needs, and is underdeveloped and underutilized,” the resolution to authorize the economic incentive agreement between the village and Coalkot Ltd., owner and operator of Berkot's on North Broadway Street, reads in part. “They need to expand to operate a new, modern grocery store,” Village Administrator Matt Fritz told the council during the regular bi-monthly meeting Monday evening. “It's a quality of life thing - our own