From the Desk of Rod Craig

Congrats Frank!

2009-11-08T09:47:00.002-06:00

Congratulations to Village Public Works employee Frank Dominowski on receiving his Associate Pastorial Certificate with the Open Bible Church.

Photo: Frank Dominowski with Rod and Sherry Craig

Tree Lighting Event

2009-11-07T08:42:00.000-06:00

Each year, the Village hosts its annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. This year's event will take place Friday, December 4, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Complex located at 2121 West Lake Street. Come and enjoy entertainment and refreshments. A special guest will arrive to "flip the switch" and light up the Village welcoming in the holiday season. For additional information, please contact our Village Clerk at 630-372-4220.

Hanover Park latest to ban video gambling

2009-11-07T08:41:00.000-06:00

From the Daily Herald
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Hanover Park latest to ban video gambling
By Kimberly Pohl | Daily Herald Staff
Published: 11/6/2009 12:03 AM

Hanover Park has joined the ranks of more than two dozen local governments in the state to ban video gambling machines in bars and restaurants.

However, the ordinance passed at Thursday night's board meeting also leaves room to revisit the issue once the Illinois Gaming Board implements policies on how to roll out more than 40,000 of the slotlike machines - a development regulators say could be a year off.

"Once the rules get in place we'll have a better understanding of what's before us," Mayor Rod Craig said.

That future debate over whether to permanently enact the ban may be one-sided.

Trustee Toni Carter said she would never entertain the idea of allowing legalized gambling in Hanover Park because, "We have enough problems, and I believe the gangs, drugs and violence would only escalate once our citizens go home broke after sitting at these machines."

Trustee Bill Cannon said he also wouldn't get on board with allowing the machines, which the Better Government Association's executive director referred to as "the crack cocaine of gaming."

"When you have to go to gambling to balance your budget, you're not doing your job by cutting waste," Cannon said.

Even if the ban is lifted once regulations are in place, Hanover Park stands to see only minimal financial gain. Village Manager Ron Moser estimates the village would receive about $44,000 annually, as only four establishments are eligible for the machines. Under the video gambling expansion law, local governments would receive 5 percent of gambling losses and the state would get 25 percent. The rest is split between the establishment owners and terminal operators.

Since Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law legalizing the machines in an effort to help fund a $31 billion capital plan, a growing number of suburbs have banned them including Buffalo Grove, Rosemont, Naperville, Bloomingdale, West Chicago, Villa Park, Libertyville, Elburn, Elmhurst, Kildeer, Mettawa, East Dundee and Wheaton. Cook, Lake and DuPage counties have also banned the machines in unincorporated areas.

Nursing facility being built in Hanover Park

2009-10-21T18:13:00.001-05:00

NuCare Nursing Facility Hanover Park

From the Daily Herald:
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Nursing facility being built in Hanover Park
By Kimberly Pohl | Daily Herald Staff

Published: 10/8/2009 10:48 AM

Construction got under way last week on a state-of-the-art rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility in Hanover Park.

The Claremont-Hanover Park, as it's tentatively known, will offer 150 private and semiprivate beds within a 76,000-square-foot building on Lake Street near Church Street. The $14.5 million facility is expected to open in January 2011.

"It's an effort that's been hanging out there for a few years and it took a lot of meeting with the right people to bring this to closure," Mayor Rod Craig said. "We don't have anything like this in the village, and I'm optimistic this will stimulate other business to support the facility."

The company behind the development is Lincolnwood-based NuCare Financial Services Corp., which provides bookkeeping services to 13 similar operations in Illinois and five in Arizona. Church Street Station Properties LLC is developing the facility.

The Claremont-Hanover Park will feature short-term physical care, occupational and speech rehabilitation therapy, specialized memory care services, an inpatient dialysis unit and hydrotherapy spas.

NuCare CEO Gerry Jenich said the location was desirable because of its proximity to the train station and Lake Street, as well as the area's redevelopment efforts. He also noted a report released by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, which indicated a need for additional beds in the immediate area.

Jenich credited Craig for seeing the project to fruition, and chalked up the years of discussion to a lengthy approval process by multiple agencies.

"Plus, changes in the economy slowed things down," Jenich said.

The facility falls within one of Hanover Park's three existing tax increment financing districts and the village did commit funds. The exact amount was not immediately available, but Jenich told the village board in May 2006 that the project would be eligible for $400,000 in TIF reimbursement.

Tax increment financing captures increased property tax revenues from development within the district to help pay for improvements at the site.

Anne Fox School Kids at Hope

2009-10-21T17:51:00.002-05:00

I wanted to share the article below about the work being done at Anne Fox School. This article was published in, Kids At Hope (see page 20).

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Anyone who walks into Anne Fox Elementary School can feel the positive Kids at Hope influence, but the school principal and the town mayor won’t be satisfied until they’re living in a Kids at Hope community.

When principal Nick Myers first heard about Kids at Hope, his school faced challenges including significant disciplinary problems and toxic relationships between students and staff. Only 68% percent of students met state standards as measured by the Illinois Standards Achievement Test.

Four years later, every teacher and staff member, including custodians and secretaries, has been trained in the Kids at Hope belief system, which states that “All children are capable of success, No Exceptions.” Myers calls Kids at Hope the glue that holds all the positive outcomes together, and reports that relationships between students and staff are much more positive, disciplinary referrals are down, and that discouraging 68% figure has soared to 93%.

“If I left Anne Fox Elementary and went somewhere else, the first thing I would do is train the staff in Kids at Hope. You have to have that foundational belief before you can do anything else. Staff must accept no limits to the potential of the
children with whom they work. If they lack this belief, we will fail children and lower our bar of expectation either intentionally or subconsciously. The Kids at Hope model really spoke to our teachers. It’s a powerful framework, and it keeps them focused on why they got into teaching in the first place.”

After implementing Kids at Hope in his school, Myers knew how important it was for others to reinforce that belief in his students’ potential for success, and to understand how to put the Kids at Hope model into practice.

“We wanted our kids to be surrounded with Kids at Hope in the community. Kids have many shifts … they may be at day care in the morning, and then at school, and then at a different day care in the afternoon before they go home. We wanted everyone who has our kids to know this belief system.”

It was time to rally the town, so he wrote a proposal to become a Kids at Hope, Hope Square Community, spoke with a few local organizations, and ended up with 85 people from schools, the library, the mayor’s office, and community organizations attending a one-day Kids at Hope training. He credits Mayor Rod Craig for much of the turnout.

“It was an eye opener,” says Craig, of the training. “There were so many people in the room who were part of our educational community, and I thought, ‘We have to get more government on board with this.’” Craig has since become a vocal advocate for making Kids at Hope a community-wide initiative, and is working to get buy-in from the police and fire departments.

“You have teachers uplifting kids at school, but you have to have consistency with those messages at home and in the community,” he says. “We need to get our arms around it and say this is our behavior in Hanover Park, and we’re not going to accept anything less. When people start to see something like this that’s different and consistent, the intrinsic value of the community goes up.” People will say, ‘I want to live there.’”

Myers has formed the Kids at Hope Hanover Park Community Coalition for the organizations that have already joined Anne Fox Elementary on the Kids at Hope bandwagon: Einstein Elementary School, the Community Resource Center,
and the Hanover Park Park District. They meet regularly to talk about how they’re implementing the model and the kind of progress they’re making, which Myers says keeps Kids at Hope front and center. But, he realizes that getting widespread
community involvement isn’t going to happen over night.

“Here at the school, it’s been easy to implement the Kids at Hope model. It made sense to the teachers, and it’s been fun. Taking it into the community has been more challenging … but we keep working on it.”

In the meantime, Myers sees daily evidence of Kids at Hope’s positive impact. He speaks proudly of the fact that his secretary has her Four Aces cards, which define the important relationships adults need to develop with children, clipped to the bulletin board by her phone. And he recalls one moment at an all-school meeting that captures what Kids at Hope means to each life it touches. ey had asked a student from each grade level to read a portion of their Kids at Hope Passport to the Future to the whole school.

One of the Kids at Hope Universal Truths states that children succeed when they can articulate their future, and the Passport is a tool that enables kids to describe and envision a future filled with hope, opportunity and success. “This first grader named Rachel started reading her Passport about wanting to be a teacher, and her mother was just crying her eyes out. It was so powerful for all of us to see the students lay out what their future is going to look like, and to see how deeply touched that mother was.”

All children need a champion, and according to Rod Craig, Hanover Park is fortunate to have Myers. “Nick has my total, dedicated support. He has taken a school from the bottom to the top, and we are speaking in a different way in our community today. Kids at Hope is an example of how leaders of a community can help every child look at the world as a place of opportunity.”

And in the not-too-distant future, Myers and Craig hope that all children in their community will benefit from the fact that everyone around them speaks the language of hope.

Tabernacle Baptist Church Ribbon Cutting

2009-10-11T23:05:00.003-05:00

I was happy to be at the ribbon cutting for Tabernacle Baptist Church's Spanish building.

Here is the article from the Daily Herald:

Volunteers turn Hanover Park house into church's Spanish ministry
By James Kane | Daily Herald Staff

Tabernacle Baptist Church in Hanover Park held a neighborhood barbecue Oct. 3 to celebrate the rescue of a derelict house and its future use in an outreach program and ministry to Spanish speaking residents of the area.

Gangs had broken into the house at 1605 Evergreen Ave., adjacent to the church at 7020 Barrington Road, punched holes in the walls and written graffiti on them, said Rev. Matthew Black, the senior pastor at the church.

The church took possession of the building in May and Leopardo Construction in Chicago provided about 40 volunteer workers from three states through its "Helping Hands" volunteer program to do interior demolition on June 1 and then rebuild the interior in the following weeks, he said.

Because of the damage and for its new use, the building needed wiring, new bathrooms, heating and air conditioning changes, and some walls moved, Black said. Parishioners and neighborhood residents helped with tasks such as painting, plumbing, laying tile and landscaping.

One neighbor who used to be a landscaper volunteered to help lay sod. "We couldn't have done it without him," Black said. Altogether, about 40 people helped with the renovation.

The building now has meeting rooms, classrooms and bathrooms. "It will be used as a Spanish ministry" and for church fellowship events, he said.

While the congregation is mostly English-speaking, Black, who spent four years as a Baptist missionary in Spain, says the congregation has been making more of an effort to connect with people in the neighborhood, who he estimated are 80 percent Hispanic.

The church now draws 10-15 people who speak Spanish and hopes to increase that, he said.

"We feel like we're in a strategic location for reaching out and helping these people," he said.

Domestic Violence Month vigil in Hanover Park

2009-10-03T23:39:00.002-05:00

I am happy to be a part of the upcoming vigil to promote awareness of domestic violence. The following article was on the Daily Herald Web site.
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Domestic Violence Month vigil in Hanover Park

A memorial candlelight vigil marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Hanover Park's village hall, 2121 W. Lake St.

Speakers include Mayor Rod Craig, state Sen. Mike Noland, state Rep. Fred Crespo and Hanover Park Trustee Toni Carter, who's a survivor of domestic violence.

The program, put on by Wings, the Northwest Suburban Alliance on Domestic Violence and the Elgin Community Crisis Center, will highlight agencies that help victims of abuse.

Hanover Park's Environmental Committee Recycling Event A Big Success

2009-09-30T22:37:00.003-05:00

I wanted to share this piece of info that was sent out in the Village enews.
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Hanover Park's Environmental Committee Recycling Event A Big Success

The Village of Hanover Park’s Environmental Committee held its first Household Recycling Event on Saturday, September 19 from 8:00 a.m. to noon at the Municipal Complex located at 2121 West Lake Street. A total of 145 vehicles traversed the site to recycle the various items being collected. The materials and amounts received were as follows:

Document Shredding - 1,250 lbs
Bicycles - 12
Oil/Anti-Freeze - 80 gallons
Eye Glasses - 17
Keys - 13
Electronics - 11,483 lbs
Fire Extinguishers - 21
Auto/Marine Batteries - 40
US Flags - 6
Ink Jet Cartridges - 89
Cellular Telephones - 65

CFL bulbs and clothes for Veterans were also collected to be recycled.

The following groups participated in the event:

S.C.A.R.C.E.
Lions Club
Boy Scout Troop 95
Boy Scout Troop 1776
C.E.R.T.
Opportunity Secure Data Destruction
Illinois Recovery Group
Exide Batteries
Aurora Tri-State Fire Extinguisher

Due to its success, the Environmental Committee is planning on making this an annual event. If you have any questions, please call the Environmental Committee voice mail box at 630-550-5005.

Hanover Park Requests Budget Input

2009-09-22T08:32:00.002-05:00

As you know, public input and direction is absolutely vital to ensuring that our Village government meets the needs of its residents. I hope you will take a moment to read the press release below and consider joining us in our budgeting process.

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Hanover Park Requests Public Input
For Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Development

As part of the development of the Village of Hanover Park’s upcoming Fiscal Year 2011 budget, a public input meeting is scheduled Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM in the Board Room of the Village Hall, 2121 W. Lake Street, Hanover Park.

The first step in the Village budget process is to solicit public input. With this meeting, residents have an opportunity to appear before Elected Officials and provide comment about budget issues. Topics could include public safety services, municipal utilities, public works projects or financial resources necessary to fund the budget.

The meeting format is similar to the Village Board meeting Town Hall session in which residents can appear directly before Elected Officials. Their input will be recorded so suggestions can be listed and discussed subsequently. However, debate or immediate proposal response is not planned at this meeting. The meeting’s purpose is to provide an open forum for public commentary.

A second Fiscal Year 2011 public budget meeting is scheduled Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 6:00 PM, one week later. At this meeting, Elected Officials will discuss previously submitted public input comments and provide information to staff on their recommended budget priorities.

The third and final preliminary budget meeting is scheduled Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6:00 PM. At this meeting, village departments will present information, ideas and recommendations to the Village Board, based on the previous meetings, as well as staff research.

The Fiscal Year 2011 budget allocates expenditures and financial resources necessary to provide Village services for the period May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011

Fire Prevention Week Open House

2009-09-20T20:24:00.000-05:00

The fire department is hosting its annual open house on Saturday October 10, from 10am to 2pm.

CERT training slots still available

2009-09-20T20:14:00.001-05:00

Community Emergency Response Traing (CERT) training slots still available. Wednesday 9/23-10/28th. 6:30-9:00PM. Call the Village 630-372-4400 for information. Keeping your family safe in an emergency.

Ron Moser Named Village Manager

2009-09-20T20:00:00.001-05:00

I wanted to share this press release.

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Date: September 19, 2009
For Immediate Release

Village of Hanover Park
Ron Moser Named Village Manager

On Thursday evening, September 18, 2009, the Village Board named Hanover Park’s veteran Police Chief, Ron Moser, as Village Manager, effective October 1, 2009. Until that time, he will serve as Acting Village Manager.

For the past eleven years, Ron Moser was the Chief of Police at the Village. At the June 4, 2009 Board meeting, he was named as Acting Village Manager.

Ron Moser stated, “It is an honor to be appointed by the Board to this position. I thank the elected officials for their confidence in me. It has been my pleasure over the last 11 years to work with the elected officials, all Village employees, and residents. I particularly thank all members of the Hanover Park Police Department for their outstanding devotion to police work during my tenure as Police Chief.”

Village President Rod Craig believes that Ron is strategic in his leadership, has modeled excellence in the work within the Police Department, and has brought confidence and commitment among the Department Heads as they prepare for the next budget year. The new Board has a vision of economic responsibility and crime prevention and we look forward to Ron Moser’s leadership for Hanover Park as Village Manager.

Contact the Village Mayor/Manager’s office for any further information at 630-372-4210.

Schaumburg Labor Day Parade

2009-09-08T09:56:00.002-05:00

Trustees Cannon, Zimel, and Roberts; Clerk Corral, our friends and families and I had a great time representing Hanover Park in the Schaumburg Labor Day Parade yesterday. Many Hanover Park residents came up and said hello along the parade route. Here is a photo of our crew:

Hanover Park revives neighborhood watch program

2009-08-19T15:51:00.003-05:00

I wanted to share the article below from the Daily Herald. The revitalization of the neighborhood watch program is an important step as we work to ensure public safety in Hanover Park.

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Hanover Park revives neighborhood watch program
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=314906
By Kimberly Pohl | Daily Herald Staff
Published: 8/19/2009 3:11 PM

A spike in violent crime in Hanover Park forced the police department to shift strategy in recent months.

Administrators traded in their desks for a squad car, other law enforcement agencies lent personnel and crime-related ordinances were reviewed for toughening.

Now, the Hanover Park Police Department is reviving the neighborhood watch program in hopes residents will do more to aid authorities in preventing and combating crime.

"Citizens are the eyes and ears of the police department and we need them to be partners just as they need us," interim police Chief David Webb said. "We can't be everywhere."

Police are advertising the program and creating a database of residents willing to step up as block captains. Those people will be responsible for organizing and facilitating meetings, recruiting new members and serving as a liaison to the police department.

More than 25 parents signed up to be block captains while registering students at Hanover Highlands Elementary School, Mayor Rod Craig said. Even more agreed to participate in some capacity.

Webb said police will map out where all the block captains reside and recruit in areas that aren't yet covered.

Hanover Park's neighborhood watch program was one of several crime prevention initiatives such as DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) the department eliminated a few years ago in the wake of budget cuts.

The funding still isn't there, but Webb said he felt it was important to respond to residents' call to have an organized neighborhood watch. He has tapped Lt. Mike Menough and officers Cindi Leon and Hugo Villa to run the program.

"It's been on hiatus for a while, but starting it back up is the right thing to do given the issues that have occurred in town," Craig said. "People want to be engaged."

Craig said violent crime in Hanover Park seems to have subsided, pointing to the two-and-a-half months that have passed since four homicides occurred within a two-week span.

"Thinks are nice and quiet right now," Craig said. "It's not a perfect environment, but we've taken extra measures and have received a lot of support to ensure our residents feel safe."

Hanover Park residents interested in becoming block captains can call the police department's new neighborhood watch hotline at (63... or e-mail hpnw@hpil.org.

Victory over Violence Opening Ceremony

2009-08-11T23:03:00.004-05:00

I was pleased to have been part of the Victory over Violence Opening Ceremony (see this post for more information).

Be a Block Captain...

2009-08-11T23:00:00.002-05:00

This piece was sent in the last enews from the Village. I thought it was worth posting:
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Neighborhood Watch Program

The Hanover Park Police Department’s primary goal is to help improve the safety and quality of life within the Village of Hanover Park. In order to achieve this goal, the Hanover Park Police Department continuously takes “zero tolerance” enforcement action against gangs, illegal drugs and other crimes. The Hanover Park Police Department is encouraging all residents to assist the police department with this goal by becoming a Neighborhood Watch block captain.

Neighborhood Watch is a program that encourages members of the community to join with law enforcement to prevent illegal activity in their neighborhoods. A Neighborhood Watch group usually consists of a group of residents who reside near one another. Citizens are taught how to decrease the chances of being a victim of a crime and how to report suspicious activity. Members of a Neighborhood Watch group get to know their neighbor’s routines, vehicles and other habits or information which helps residents to recognize any suspicious or criminal activity.

The block captain is responsible for organizing and facilitating meetings, recruiting new members and serving as a liaison to the police department. The Hanover Park Police Department is encouraging residents to get involved and become a block captain.
If residents have any interest or questions about becoming a block captain, please contact the Hanover Park Police Department Neighborhood Watch Hotline @ 630-550-5050 or send an email to hpnw@hpil.org.

Hanover Park Recycling Event

2009-08-11T22:39:00.002-05:00

Hanover Park Recycling Event

Hanover Park, Village Hall
2121 W Lake St, Hanover Park
Sept 19 8am-Noon

Recyling ACCEPTED:

Document Shredding -up to 3 boxes/grocery bags of personal, confidential documents (no business documents) - staples & paper clips do not need to be removed
Bicycles
Cell Phones & Palm-sized Inkjet Cartridges
CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs)
Electronics - TVs, VCRs, DVD players, cameras, computers/laptops, copiers, cords, discs, electric typewriters, fax/adding machines, hard drives, keyboards, mice, monitors, PDAs, printers, scanners, small kitchen appliances, radios, speakers, stereos, telephones, zip drives.
Eyeglasses & Hearing Aids (Lions Club)
Tattered Flags
Keys (Lions Club)
Used Oil for recycling
Scrap Metal - old metal patio furniture & swingsets, pots & pans, metal hangers, metal hardware (screws, nuts, bolts, etc),
SLA Batteries (car, sump pump, marine, RV, motorcycle, etc.

For more information, check the Hanover Park website.

Hanover Park Youth Benefit Ball

2009-08-05T11:30:00.000-05:00

In response to the recent violence affecting our Village I am working with the Hanover Park Park Foundation (HPPF) to raise dollars to support scholarships for youth programs in Hanover Park. The goal is to “Promote Play and Create Harmony” in our Village. While the recent acts of violence are greatly disturbing and troubling, there is hope!

The HPPF has a long history of serving our youth and supporting Hanover Park Park District Programs. The HPPF recently created a subcommittee to plan a Youth Benefit Ball, hosted by Mayor Rod Craig. The subcommittee is comprised of the Park District, Village, Lions Club, Hanover Park Community Resource Center, and others who seek to provide access to after school programs via scholarships for youths who may not otherwise be able to afford the costs of program entry fee’s.

On October 30, 2009 at the Seville Banquet Hall, the HPPF will be sponsoring the 1st Annual Youth Benefit Ball, hosted by Mayor Rod Craig. Funds will go towards providing scholarships for after school programs to keep our children safe and away from violence. Invitations will be mailed out for the event and all contributions are tax deductible.

Village Announces Major Traffic Signal & Roadway Lighting Improvement

2009-07-29T22:32:00.001-05:00

A press release from the Village
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Village Announces Major Traffic Signal & Roadway Lighting Improvement

The Village of Hanover Park, in partnership with the Illinois Department of Transportation, is pleased to announce a major traffic signal and roadway lighting improvement scheduled for later this summer and fall in the vicinity of Irving Park Road and Barrington Road. The traffic signal installations at the following three intersections will be totally reconstructed:

Irving Park Road at Westview Plaza
Irving Park Road at Barrington Road
Irving Park Road at Kingsbury Drive

In addition to upgrading the traffic signals, the emergency vehicle preemption equipment will be upgraded, as well as the master traffic signal interconnect system. Finally, 41 new street lights will be constructed as part of the project, mainly along Irving Park Road east and west of Barrington Road. The construction work will be done by Meade Electric Company as part of a $1.1 million contract with the State of Illinois.

The Village of Hanover Park Announces New eNews & eAlerts Service

2009-07-29T21:58:00.001-05:00

I wanted to send along this press release from the village:
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The Village of Hanover Park Announces New eNews & eAlerts Service

The Village of Hanover Park is pleased to offer a new service called eNews. This service is available to anyone interested in receiving periodic updates via e-mail containing information on village news and events. This service will also send out eAlerts from the Public Works, Police and Fire Departments when there is an emergency such as a boil order, natural disaster or other emergency information in which people need to be aware of right away.

To join the eNews mailing list, please go to the Village’s website at www.hpil.org, click on the mailing list button under services on the left-hand side of the screen, and enter your e-mail address. You will then start to receive periodic e-mails from the Village, and can be removed from our mailing list at any ti

Welcoming Home Troops

2009-07-28T22:30:00.005-05:00

Welcoming home Company B/1-178INF out of the Elgin Armory:

Troops and their families

Rod Craig

Ed Zimel

Ed and Rod

Victory over Violence Exhibit in Hanover Park

2009-07-26T08:40:00.001-05:00

August 10th to 14th, the Hanover Park Chapter of SGI-USA (Buddhist Association for Peace,Culture, and Education) will be hosting a Victory Over Violence Exhibit at teh Hanover Park Park District Community Center. On the final day of the exhibit (14th), they will hold a seminar and workshop from 6pm to 8pm, which Mayor Craig and area educational leaders will attend. The public is invited to attend and join the discussion. You can visit their Web site at Victory Over Violence.

Zoning Resident Input‏

2009-07-24T23:53:00.001-05:00

On Wednesday July 29th at 6:00PM
Where: Hanover Park Library, Schaumburg District,
1266 Irving Park Road (just East of Menard's)
Future Zoning Changes, needs, and desires for the future of Hanover Park.
The Village is working on their Comprehensive Plan and we need to hear from you.
Do we seek Environmentally friendly zoning?
Do we seek to modify signage for business?
Do we seek to support one type of housing over another, meaning the look of the structure...
This is your time to be heard...

Help us Welcome Company B Home on the 27th!

2009-07-23T23:18:00.002-05:00

This information was forwarded to me by several people. I hope you can attend:

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UPDATE: Please arrive at Streamwood high school at 9am with any American flags you might have. The troops will arrive at 10am.

B/1-178INF out of the Elgin Armory is now at Ft McCoy completing their final briefings, paperwork and medicals. The Homecoming is scheduled at:

Streamwood High School's Football Field
11:00am, Monday, July 27, 2009

Please help us get the word out to the community! Update your Marquees, WebSites, Bulletin Boards, call your friends and tell your neighbors. We'd like to have as many people show up with flags or signs and loud voices to wave at and cheer these Infantrymen as they drive by on Schaumburg Road and along the entrance drive to Streamwood High School!! Let's let them know their community cares and appreciates their service for us.

Coffee with the Board

2009-07-23T14:37:00.001-05:00

Beginning on August 8th from 9 to 11 am residents will have an opportunity to meet and discuss in an informal setting issues of concern in the Village. We will have key Department Heads available to hear and discuss issues. This is another opportunity for residents to reachout and touch Elected Officials of Hanover Park on any Village service or policy.