A view of the future site of the Joliet Intermodal Service Center off Draper Ave. and Stein Ave. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
A rendering shows what downtown Joliet would look like with a new multimodal transportation center and other changes. | Rendering by VOA Assoc. Inc., courtesy of Joliet
David Dillon looks at a display of the Joliet Junior College's new JJC downtown expansion after a groundbreaking ceremony at the Renaissance Center in Joliet, IL on Tuesday January 22, 2013. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
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Plainfield resident Sherri Unyi (top) listens to her daughter Sydney, 4, (below) as the two shop in the produce section at Super Tony's Finer Foods Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, near Rt. 59 and Caton Farm Rd. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Shoppers gather at the bakery counter at Super Tony's Finer Foods Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, near Rt. 59 and Caton Farm Rd. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Shoppers make their way around the aisles at Super Tony's Finer Foods Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, near Rt. 59 and Caton Farm Rd. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Signs announce the grand opening of Super Tony's Finer Foods Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, near Rt. 59 and Caton Farm Rd. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Shoppers move about the aisles at Super Tony's Finer Foods Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, near Rt. 59 and Caton Farm Rd. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Joliet Mayor Thomas Giarrante
Joliet is breaking out of the development doldrums. The latest announcement that CN will build an intermodal facility at its Joliet railyard was one more project added to a list that will transform some of the older parts of the city. Unlike the building boom …
