St. Charles City Councilman John Gieseke welcomes the Hennessys to New Town. Erica and Bruce Hennessy were moving in Saturday and are one of the first residents of the Whittaker Development. Pictured above are Debbie Hennessy, their mother, Erica Hennessy with arms around her cousin Madlyn, Bruce Hennessy holding cousin Blaine, Councilman John Gieseke with his son Jack.
Erica said, “We are so happy to be moving into New Town. We moved here from O’Fallon. New Town at St. Charles is so exciting we couldn’t wait for the home to be finished. We will be making our purchases from merchants in St. Charles and believe the New Town development will bring an economic boom to this fine city.”
Gieseke told the FCN’s, “This is true economic impact. This family had lived in O’Fallon and spent their money in O’Fallon. Now they are going to spend it in St. Charles. This spending is part of the study that was done, this is only the start.” Gieseke went on to say, “The number of construction jobs that this project is employing is tremendous. Everyone went nuts over the convention center and the jobs that it was creating. New Town is like building two convention centers every year for the next 15 years. Keeping hammers swinging is one reason our city and county continue to grow and prosper. Being part of a growing community is better than being part of a community that is declining or is stagnant. Many of the residents of St. Charles left areas like that in North County. We don’t want to return to the days of decreasing property values.”
