I have come across a few recent newspaper articles and blog posts that you may be interested in reading. The most recent are listed first:
Environmental Group Wary of 2030 Plan from the Northwest Herald, August 28, 2009. This article, written by Kevin Craver, discusses the Regional Planning Commission meeting which took place on 8/27, and [...]
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Recent Alden Road-related newspaper articles and blog posts
Postcard campaign
Over 1,300 postcards were mailed on Tuesday, August 12 to property owners in Alden Township as well as Hartland Township, and also to some of the approximately 1,000 signers of the petiton opposing the Alden Road project as currently proposed. I know many arrived yesterday, with most of the remainder probably arriving today.
The postcards are [...]
Landmarks Illinois seeking area historical info
I received an email yesterday from Landmarks Illinois, a Chicago-based preservation advocacy group. Here is what it said:
The Alden Road reconstruction project was brought to our attention because of its potential to negatively affect historic resources along the road, such as barns, houses, and landscapes. I was hoping you could shed some light on specific [...]
Thank You ALAW and Green Alliance!
I would like to sincerely thank the McHenry County Green Alliance and the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water (ALAW) for their support.
Founded in 1996, the mission of ALAW is to inform, educate and influence the use of area natural resources, for the purpose of preserving and protecting open land, agriculture and water. The McHenry [...]
Take note of the Trees!
You may have been wondering what the many trees adorned with yellow caution tape along Alden Road are all about. These are trees that are potentially directly affected by the County’s proposal to double it’s current permanent right of way from 60 feet wide to 120 feet wide as part of the Alden Road reconstruction [...]